Ex parte JOHNSTON 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                          written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding                                                               
                          precedent of the Board.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. 56                        

                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                 Ex parte WILBUR D. JOHNSTON JR. and JUDITH A. LONG                                                                     
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                                                           Appeal No. 1997-0988                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/199,9101                                                                       
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                                                         HEARD: October 20, 1999                                                                        
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                 Before HAIRSTON, LALL, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                        
                 GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    




                          1Application for patent filed February 22, 1994.                                                                              
                 According to appellants, this application is a continuation of                                                                         
                 Application No. 08/066,605, filed May 24, 1993, now abandoned;                                                                         
                 which is a continuation of Application No. 07/808,989, filed                                                                           
                 December 17, 1991, now abandoned; which is a continuation of                                                                           
                 Application No. 07/515,545, filed April 26, 1990, now                                                                                  
                 abandoned; which is a continuation of Application No.                                                                                  
                 07/338,506, filed April 14, 1989, now abandoned; which is a                                                                            
                 continuation of Application No. 07/101,303, filed September                                                                            
                 25, 1987, now abandoned; which is a division of Application                                                                            
                 No. 06/831,113, filed February 20, 1986, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                           
                 4,716,130, issued December 29, 1987; which is a continuation-                                                                          
                 in-part of Serial No. 06/544,215, filed                                                                                                
                 October 21, 1983, now abandoned.                                                                                                       




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