Ex parte CRAWFORD 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                     not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18                                          

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                               
                                                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                             
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                                       Ex parte WILLIAM C. CRAWFORD and JACKIE L. DAVIS                                                                                                
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                                                                     Appeal No. 1997-4000                                                                                              
                                                                   Application 08/319,0041                                                                                             
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                                                                                  ON BRIEF                                                                                             
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                     Before COHEN, McQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                     
                     McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                             

                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             
                                William C. Crawford et al. appeal the final rejection of                                                                                               
                     claims 1 through 8, all of the claims pending in the                                                                                                              
                     application.                                                                                                                                                      


                                1Application for patent filed October 6, 1994.                                                                                                         
                     According to the appellants, the application is a                                                                                                                 
                     continuation-in-part of Application 08/135,555, October 14,                                                                                                       
                     1993, now abandoned.                                                                                                                                              
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