Ex parte MEANS 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                 not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 ORVILLE D. MEANS, ROBERT W. LECLAIR,                                                                         
                                                           and DAVID S. FURUNO                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-4194                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/239,7321                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent                                                                           
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                 

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                                                                        
                 through 5, 7 through 12 and 14 through 19.  In an Amendment                                                                            

                          1Application for patent filed May 9, 1994.  According to                                                                      
                 the appellants, the application is a continuation-in-part of                                                                           
                 Application 07/959,700, filed October 13, 1992, now U.S.                                                                               
                 Patent 5,311,023, issued May 10, 1994.                                                                                                 
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