Ex parte MICHELSON - 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                     journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GARY K. MICHELSON                                                                                           
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                                                                            Appeal No. 97-1782                                                                                         
                                                                         Application 08/112,4261                                                                                       
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                                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                                            
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                     Before CALVERT, MEISTER and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                   

                     CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                             


                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             

                                This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 8 and 13 to 15, all the claims remaining                                                     

                     in the application.2                                                                                                                                              

                                1Application for patent filed August 26, 1993.  According to appellant, this application is a                                                          
                     continuation of Application 07/692,583, filed May 13, 1991, now abandoned; which is a continuation                                                                
                     of Application 07/341,848, filed April 24, 1989, now abandoned.                                                                                                   
                                2The examiner states in the answer that claims 14 and 15 were inadvertently omitted from the                                                           
                     final rejection.  It does not appear that appellant has been prejudiced by this omission.                                                                         

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