Ex parte FRANZ et al. - Page 1





                                            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                     (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37                                                     


                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                               
                                                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                             
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                                              Ex parte PATRICK J. FRANZ, PHILIP D. BIEHL                                                                                               
                                                  DAVID H. STRAAYER and ROBERT H. DODIER                                                                                               
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                                                                      Appeal No. 1996-1385                                                                                             
                                                                   Application 08/006,1391                                                                                             
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                                                                                  ON BRIEF                                                                                             
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                     Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and RUGGIERO, Administrative                                                                                                          
                     Patent Judges.                                                                                                                                                    


                                1  Application for patent filed January 19,1993. According to appellants                                                                               
                     this application is a continuation of 07/688,921, filed April 19, 1991 now                                                                                        
                     abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of 07/649,711 filed February 01,                                                                                       
                     1991, now United States Patent 5,189,403, issued February 23, 1993, which                                                                                         
                     application is a continuation-in-part of 07/412,680, filed September 26, 1989,                                                                                    
                     now United States Patent 5,124,689, issued June 23, 1992 and a continuation-                                                                                      
                     in-part of 07/557,546, filed July 24, 1990; and a continuation-in-part of                                                                                         
                     application 07/672,641, filed March 18, 1991.                                                                                                                     
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