Ex parte ALBERY 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                     
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                                         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 B. ALBERY and LLOYD D. TRIPP                                                                      
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                                                           Appeal No. 1998-2854                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/500,2781                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge,                                                                                 
                 ABRAMS and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                         

                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to                                                                         
                 allow claims 1 through 7, as amended subsequent to the final                                                                           
                 rejection.                                                                                                                             
                 Claims 8 and 9, the other claims pending in this application,                                                                          
                 were not rejected in the final rejection.2,3                                                                                           

                          1Application for patent filed July 10, 1995.                                                                                  
                          2While the Office Action Summary of the final rejection                                                                       
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