Ex parte GUTTAG 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                          not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding                                                           
                          precedent of the Board.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. 15                          
                                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                       
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                                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                        
                                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                                          
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                           Ex parte KARL M. GUTTAG, KEITH BALMER, ROBERT J. GOVE,                                                                       
                        CHRISTOPHER J. READ, JEREMIAH E. GOLSTON, SYDNEY W. POLAND,                                                                     
                                           NICHOLAS ING-SIMMONS and PHILIP MOYSE                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 1996-3391                                                                         
                                                     Application No. 08/160,5731                                                                        
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                                                                     ON BRIEF                                                                           
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                 Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and HECKER, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    




                                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                          
                          This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                                                                      
                 claims 1 through 37, constituting all the claims in the                                                                                
                 application.                                                                                                                           

                          1Application for patent filed November 30, 1993.                                                                              





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