THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today (1) was not written for publication in a law
journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the
Board.
Paper No. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BRIAN L. SIMPSON, GARY M. DISTEFANO, KEVIN M.
LOGSDON, STEPHEN M. POPHAM and DONALD C. REID
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Appeal No. 1996-1154
Application No. 08/174,4971
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HEARD: October 5, 1999
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Before PAK, WARREN, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1 through 12 which are all of the claims
remaining in the application.
Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal
and reads as follows:
1Application for patent filed December 28, 1993.
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