Ex parte CARNES 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              publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                     
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                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                     
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                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                       
                                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                                            
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                                Ex parte JAY R. CARNES and ROBERT L. NOLEN, JR.                                               
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                                                  Appeal No. 1997-0305                                                        
                                                 Application 08/286,0851                                                      
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                                                         ON BRIEF                                                             
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              Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                  
              KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                            

                                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                           
                      This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3-10, all the claims in the                  
              present application.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                                                                  





                      1Application for patent filed August 3, 1994.  According to appellants, this application is a           
              continuation of application 08/066,398, filed May 20, 1993, now abandoned.                                      
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