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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte NORMAN R. LAINE
JOHN A. RUDESILL and WU-CHENG CHENG
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Appeal No. 1996-3457
Application 08/200,5951
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ON BRIEF
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Before JOHN D. SMITH, WARREN and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal and Opinion
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow
claims 1 through 5 as amended subsequent to the final rejection, which are all of the claims in the
Application for patent filed February 23, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a division1
of application 07/827,119, filed January 28, 1992, now United States Patent 5,304,526, issued April
19, 1994, which application is a division of application 07/780,680, filed October 18, 1991, now
United States Patent 5,147,836, issued September 15, 1992.
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