Ex parte CONGDON 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               written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding        
               precedent of the Board.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. 22         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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              Ex parte PHILIP A. CONGDON, LILY Y. PANG, and GARY A. EVANS             
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                                  Appeal No. 96-3813                                  
                              Application No. 08/248,9371                             
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT, and GROSS, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1, 3, and 11 through 23.  Claims 4 through              
          10 have been withdrawn from consideration as being directed to              
          nonelected claims.  An amendment filed concurrently with the                
          reply brief has been approved for entry by the examiner.                    


               1Application for patent filed May 25, 1994.                            





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