Ex parte MERRILL 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SCOTT T. MERRILL, ROBERT L. FORSLUND                                                                         
                                                           and RONALD M. CROSS                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 98-2097                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/670,3201                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before COHEN, NASE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                                                                                
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           

                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                                                                        
                 through 9 and from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims                                                                         
                 10 through 13, as amended subsequent to the final rejection.                                                                           

                          1Application for patent filed August 22, 1996.                                                                                
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