THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision 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in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JAMES E. DONALDSON
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Appeal No. 1998-0595
Application 08/461,8061
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ON BRIEF
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Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, LEE and
SCHAFER, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-4 and 9. Claims 5-8, 10
and 11 have been canceled. No claim has been allowed.
References relied on by the Examiner
Lewis et al. 5,438,464 August 1, 1995
(Lewis) filed April 23, 1993
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Application for patent filed June 5, 1995. According to the appellant,
this is a divisional application of application 08/119,915, filed September 10, 1993,
now issued as patent No. 5,491,593, granted February 13, 1996.
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