Ex parte MILLER 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                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23                                          
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                    Ex parte MICHAEL J. MILLER                                                                          
                                                    and CLARENCE D. VANDERPOOL                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-3499                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/271,5691                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before WINTERS, GARRIS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent                                                                                
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 1 through 4, which are all of the claims                                                                           
                 pending in this application.                                                                                                           




                          1Application for patent filed May 26, 1992.  According to                                                                     
                 appellants, this application is a continuation of Application                                                                          
                 07/587,142, filed September 24, 1990, now abandoned.                                                                                   





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