Ex parte HALL 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                          not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding                                                           
                          precedent of the Board.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. 19                          
                                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                       
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                                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                        
                                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                                          
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                         Ex parte THOMAS E. HALL, JOHN J. McDONALD and KEVIN RUPLEY                                                                     
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                                                            Appeal No. 98-1264                                                                          
                                                     Application No. 08/489,2721                                                                        
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                                                                     ON BRIEF                                                                           
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                 Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and STAAB, Administrative Patent                                                                               
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   


                                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                          
                          This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner                                                                           
                 finally rejecting claims 1-8, 11-15 and 17-20, which constitute                                                                        
                 all of the claims remaining of record in the application.                                                                              
                 However, the examiner has since indicated that claim 4 contains                                                                        



                          1Application for patent filed June 9, 1995.                                                                                   





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