Ex parte STROUD 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              publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21                         

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                    
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                      
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                           
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                            Ex parte HERBERT D. STROUD, JR. and PAUL R. CADMUS                                              
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                                                 Appeal No. 1997-0312                                                       
                                                Application 08/371,3111                                                     
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                            
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              Before KIMLIN, OWENS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                 
              KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                          

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                          
                     This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 4-14, all the claims                        
              remaining in the present application.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                                               





                     1Application for patent filed January 11, 1995.  According to appellants, this application is a        
              continuation of application 08/118,705, filed September 9, 1993, now abandoned.                               
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