Ex parte NEWKIRK 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                       not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                    
                       binding precedent of the Board.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. 30                       

                                  UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                           
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                                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                            
                                                     AND INTERFERENCES                                                                
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                                  Ex parte JOHN C. NEWKIRK, LARRY D. ROSE,                                                            
                   DONALD R. LAURITZEN, MICHAEL J. RAVENBERG, MARK A. THOMPSON,                                                       
                                         DAVID J. GREEN and TERRY R. DAVIS                                                            
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                                                    Appeal No. 98-0680                                                                
                                              Application No. 08/685,1601                                                             
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                                                            ON BRIEF                                                                  
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               Before MEISTER, PATE and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                                                                
               Judges.                                                                                                                
               MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                  


                                                    DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                




                       1Application for patent filed July 23, 1996.  According                                                        
               to appellants, this application is a continuation of                                                                   
               Application No. 08/280,894 filed July 27, 1994, now abandoned;                                                         
               which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/993,277                                                          
               filed December 18, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,470,105 issued                                                          
               November 28, 1995.                                                                                                     





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