Ex parte CLARK - 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                                       Ex parte WILLIAM E. CLARK                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 1998-1772                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/578,0471                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before ABRAMS, NASE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                       
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 1, 2, 4, 11 and 12, which are all of the                                                                           
                 claims pending in this application.2                                                                                                   



                          1Application for patent filed December 26, 1995.                                                                              
                          2Claims 2, 4, 11 and 12 were amended subsequent to the                                                                        
                 final rejection and the examiner's answer.  Claims 5 through                                                                           
                 10 were canceled subsequent to the final rejection.                                                                                    





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