Ex parte LAUKS 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 IMANTS R. LAUKS and JOSEPH W. ROGERS                                                                      
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                                                           Appeal No. 1998-1786                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/486,1501                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, MEISTER                                                                         
                 and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                

                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 36, 38 through 46 and 67 through 69.                                                                               
                 Claims 47 through 50 and 70 have been objected to as depending                                                                         



                          1Application for patent filed June 6, 1995.  According to                                                                     
                 the appellants, the application is a division of Application                                                                           
                 No. 08/144,966, filed October 28, 1993, now abandoned.                                                                                 





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