Ex parte HOPSON - 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                (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                    
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                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                 Ex parte DOUGLAS F. HOPSON                                                                   
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                                                       Appeal No. 96-3418                                                                     
                                                    Application 08/317,1351                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                                                                     
                Judges.                                                                                                                       
                ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          

                                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                     
                         This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner                                                                  
                finally rejecting claims 1-17, which constitute all of the                                                                    
                claims of record in the application.                                                                                          

                         1Application for patent filed October 3, 1994.                                                                       
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