Ex parte HUTCHINS 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                  journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13                                

                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                     
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                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                        
                                          AND INTERFERENCES                                              
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                   Ex parte BURLEIGH M. HUTCHINS, RANDALL B. RUBINSTEIN,                                 
                              BARRY T. HIXON and WILLIAM J. BUOTE                                        
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                                         Appeal No. 96-1808                                              
                                      Application 08/204,1191                                            
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                                               ON BRIEF                                                  
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            Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.                               
            OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                          

                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                              
                  This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of                               
            claims 1-8, 10-37 and 45-50, which are all of the claims                                     



                  1Application for patent filed March 1, 1994.  According                                
            to appellants, the application is a division of Application                                  
            08/091,848, filed July 14, 1993, now abandoned.                                              
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