Ex parte MANN - 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                      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. 17                         
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                   Ex parte EDWARD D. MANN                                                                    
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                                                       Appeal No. 96-3978                                                                     
                                                Application No. 08/092,6281                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before THOMAS, RUGGIERO, and FRAHM, Administrative Patent                                                                     
                Judges.                                                                                                                       
                RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                        


                                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                     
                         This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                                                             
                claims 21-26, all of the claims pending in the present                                                                        


                         1Application for patent filed July 15, 1993.  According                                                              
                to appellant this application is a continuation of 07/786,327,                                                                
                filed October 31, 1991, now U.S. Patent No. 5,261,073, issued                                                                 
                November 9, 1993, which is a division of Application No.                                                                      
                07/348,318, filed May 5, 1989, now U.S. Patent No. 5,307,469,                                                                 
                issued April 26, 1994.                                                                                                        





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