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journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DALE E. HUTCHENS
and NORMAN COHEN
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Appeal No. 1996-3292
Application 07/991,4671
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ON BRIEF
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Before CALVERT, GARRIS and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.
CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 5, 7, 8 and 20, all the claims remaining in
the application. 2
1Application for patent filed December 16, 1992. According to appellants, this application is a
continuation-in-part of Application 07/827,171, filed January 29, 1992, now abandoned.
2In an amendment after final rejection, claims 1, 5, 7, 8 and 20 were amended, and claims 6,
11 to 15 and 17 were cancelled.
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