Ex parte GELORME 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 39                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                         Ex parte JEFFREY D. GELORME, MARTIN J. GOLDBERG, NANCY C.                                                                      
                                                     LABIANCA and JANE M. SHAW                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 97-0225                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/357,7891                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                 Before PAK, WALTZ, and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                         
                 PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                      


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          Gelorme et al. (appellants) appeal from the examiner’s                                                                        
                 final rejection of claims 1, 6, 8 and 21 through 26.  Claims                                                                           



                          1Application for patent filed December 16, 1994.                                                                              
                 According to appellants, the application is a continuation of                                                                          
                 Application No. 08/122,886, filed July 13, 1993, now                                                                                   
                 abandoned; which is a continuation of Application No.                                                                                  
                 07/782,943, filed October 25, 1991, now abandoned.                                                                                     





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