Ex parte DICKERSON 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13                             


                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                 Ex parte CHARLES G. DICKERSON, JEFFREY L. DEBARR                                                                       
                                                    and JUDITH M. VANDEWINCKEL                                                                          
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                                                          Appeal No. 1997-1752                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/451,3791                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before KIMLIN, WARREN and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent                                                                               
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1,                                                                       
                 4-25 and 28-33, all the claims remaining in the present                                                                                
                 application.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                                                                                                 

                          1Application for patent filed May 26, 1995.                                                                                   
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