Ex parte COLE 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23                                                            

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                        Ex parte MARTIN COLE, THOMAS T. HOWARTH                                                                         
                                                       and CHRISTOPHER READING                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 98-1591                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/417,6251                                                                          
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                                                           HEARD:  MAY 3, 1999                                                                          
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                 Before GARRIS, OWENS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           



                          1Application for patent filed April 6, 1995.  According                                                                       
                 to appellants, the application is a continuation of                                                                                    
                 Application 07/749,482, filed August 15, 1991, which is a                                                                              
                 continuation of Application 07/210,339, filed June 23, 1988,                                                                           
                 now abandoned, which is a continuation is Application                                                                                  
                 05/569,007, filed April 17, 1975, now abandoned.                                                                                       
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