Ex parte WILLIAMS 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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                   Ex parte GREGORY K. WILLIAMS and SEAN A. BRADY                     
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1998-1647                                  
                               Application 08/668,5031                                
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                               HEARD: December 7, 1999                                
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          Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and GONZALES, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final              
          rejection of claims 25-28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 44 and 45.  Claims               


               1Application for patent filed July 2, 1996.  According to              
          appellants, the application is a continuation of Application                
          08/252,125, filed June 1, 1994, now abandoned; which is a                   
          continuation of Application 08/050,942, filed April 21, 1993,               
          now abandoned.                                                              
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