Ex parte KIRKMAN - 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                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 THOMAS R. KIRKMAN                                                                          
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                                                          Appeal No. 1998-1789                                                                          
                                                       Application 08/473,1291                                                                          
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                                                          HEARD: Nov. 18, 1999                                                                          
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                 Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           



                          1Application for patent filed June 7, 1995.  According to                                                                     
                 appellant, this application is a continuation of Application                                                                           
                 08/137,619, filed October 15, 1993, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                                
                 5,509,900; which is a continuation-in-part of Application                                                                              
                 07/844,715, filed March 2, 1992, now abandoned.                                                                                        
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