Ex parte RIVERA 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          publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte JOSE L. RIVERA,                                
                                 WILLIAM L. RODMAN,                                   
                                 DONALD B. SPENCER                                    
                               and BRIAN P. STAPLETON                                 
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                                 Appeal No. 96-1869                                   
                               Application 08/086,4941                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, STAAB and BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                 
          through 16.  These claims constitute all of the claims in the               
          application.2                                                               

               1Application for patent filed July 1, 1993.                            
               2In error, the examiner states (answer, page 2) that the copy of the claims in
          the brief is correct. Contrary to the claims of record, the copy of claim 1 specifies
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