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for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RICHARD O. RATZEL and JAMES A. SIMMONS
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Appeal No. 97-3703
Application No. 08/110,3491
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ON BRIEF
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Before CALVERT, ABRAMS and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 4, 6 through 14, 16 through 18
and 26. Claims 19 through 25, the only other claims remaining
1 Application for patent filed August 20, 1993. According to the
appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of Application
08/066,337, filed May 21, 1993, now abandoned; which is a continuation of
Application 07/840,306, filed February 24, 1992, now abandoned; which is a
divisional of Application 07/712,203, filed June 7, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No.
5,123,889; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/592,572, filed
October 5, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,322,477.
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