Ex parte BROWN 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                        Ex parte MORTIMER BROWN and IAN B. KUZNICK                                                                      
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                                                           Appeal No. 1998-1965                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/357,3251                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before CALVERT, 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 to 7 and 10 to 20.  Claims 8 and 9 have                                                                          
                 been withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as                                                                           
                 being drawn to a nonelected invention.  No claim has been                                                                              
                 canceled.                                                                                                                              


                          1Application for patent filed December 16, 1994.                                                                              





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