Ex parte THOMPSON 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 17                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                  Ex parte E. EARLE THOMPSON and THOMAS W. DEMOND                                                                       
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                                                           Appeal No. 97-1585                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/397,5141                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and LALL, Administrative Patent                                                                               
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                 


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           


                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 15                                                                       
                 through 17, 19 through 21, 23 and 24.  In a first Amendment                                                                            


                          1Application for patent filed March 1, 1995.  According                                                                       
                 to appellants, the application is a division of Application                                                                            
                 No. 07/925,284, filed August 4, 1992, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                              
                 5,446,479, issued August 29, 1995.                                                                                                     





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