Ex parte ESTWANIK - 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                          not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding                                                           
                          precedent of the Board.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. 14                          
                                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                       
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                                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                        
                                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                                          
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                                                     Ex parte JOSEPH J. ESTWANIK                                                                        
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                                                            Appeal No. 98-1242                                                                          
                                                     Application No. 08/498,8841                                                                        
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                                                                     ON BRIEF                                                                           
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                 Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and PATE, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   




                                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                          
                          This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner                                                                           
                 finally rejecting claims 1-15, which constitute all of the                                                                             


                          1Application for patent filed July 6, 1995.  According to                                                                     
                 appellant, this application is a continuation of Application                                                                           
                 No. 29/023,620 filed May 27, 1994, now U.S. Design Patent No.                                                                          
                 D367,731 issued March 5, 1996.                                                                                                         





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