Ex parte HELMS 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 14                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                   Ex parte JEFFREY H. HELMS and EDMUND J. BLAIS                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-1947                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/161,6181                                                                         
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                 Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, JOHN D. SMITH and WALTZ,                                                                                      
                 Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                          
                 WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                                                                              
                 examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 6 and 8.  Claim                                                                         
                 7 is the only other claim in this application and stands                                                                               
                 withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner (Answer,                                                                          
                 page 1).                                                                                                                               


                          1Application for patent filed December 6, 1993.                                                                               





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