Ex parte BILLINGS 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               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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.27                            


                                  UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                        

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                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                          
                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
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                     Ex parte RUSSELL A. BILLINGS, DANA H. BROWN, EARL A. CUNNINGHAM,                                              
                                       RICHARD GREENBERG and HAL H. OTTESEN                                                        
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                                                     Appeal No. 1996-3078                                                          
                                                    Application 08/184,4171                                                        
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                                                           ON BRIEF                                                                
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               Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH, and FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                

               FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                 

                                                    DECISION ON APPEAL                                                             

                       Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 to 29,                

               which constitute all of the pending claims in the application before us.                                            

                                                        BACKGROUND                                                                 


                       1Application for patent filed January 21, 1994.                                                             
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