Ex parte MORELAND - 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                                      Ex parte GERALD W. MORELAND                                                                       
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                                                           Appeal No. 1997-0174                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/302,2071                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF2                                                                         
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                 Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     


                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 1 and 3 through 8, which are all of the                                                                            
                 claims pending in this application.3                                                                                                   


                          1Application for patent filed September 8, 1994.                                                                              
                          2On September 8, 1999, the appellant waived the oral                                                                          
                 hearing (see Paper No. 28) scheduled for September 16, 1999.                                                                           
                          3Claims 4, 5 and 8 were amended subsequent to the final                                                                       
                 rejection.                                                                                                                             





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