Paper No. 17
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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MANUEL DEBOND,
R. MICHAEL MOLLOY,
RAMAKRISHNAN NAGARAJAN
and AMELIA A. SCHABEL
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Appeal No. 1996-2182
Application 08/171,2561
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges, and
MCKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.
WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 2 through
14 and 16, all the claims pending in the application. Upon consideration of the record, we
hold that the information contained in the supporting specification of this application and
1 Application for patent filed December 21, 1993. According to applicants, this application is a
continuation of applications 07/996,373, filed December 23, 1992; 07/763,474, filed September 20, 1991;
07/630,376, filed December 18, 1990; and application 07/259,678, filed October 19, 1988 (all abandoned).
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