Ex parte MALHOTRA 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            not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16                    
                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                      
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                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                         
                                          AND INTERFERENCES                                               
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                          Ex parte SHADI L. MALHOTRA, BRENT S. BRYANT                                     
                                         and ARTHUR Y. JONES                                              
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                                        Appeal No. 1997-2308                                              
                                      Application 08/504,2661                                             
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                                                ON BRIEF                                                  
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            Before OWENS, KRATZ and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges.                                
            OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                           


                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                               
                  This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of                                
            claims 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 13-16 and 20-35.  Claims 5, 18 and 19                                   




                  1 Application for patent filed July 19, 1995.  According                                
            to the appellants, the application is a division of                                           
            Application 08/196,605, filed February 15, 1994.                                              
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