Ex parte ALFANO 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          publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                     Ex parte ROBERT R. ALFANO and YURY BUDANSKY                      
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                                 Appeal No. 97-3292                                   
                               Application 08/522,8271                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge,                           
          COHEN and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges.                          
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 14                
          and 16 through 20.  These claims constitute all of the claims               
          remaining in the application.                                               
               Appellants’ invention pertains to a method of examining a              

               1 Application for patent filed September 1, 1995.  According to appellants, the
          application is a continuation of Application 08/166,196, filed December 13, 1993, now
          abandoned.                                                                  
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