Ex parte RODRIGUES 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                     journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15                                          

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                              
                                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                              
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                                                                   Ex parte  JULIO F. RODRIGUES                                                                                        
                                                                     and KENNETH R. DUMONT                                                                                             
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                                                                            Appeal No. 98-3293                                                                                         
                                                                         Application 08/650,4171                                                                                       
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                                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                                            
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                     Before CALVERT, COHEN and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                

                     FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                           


                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             

                                This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 1 through 6, 8 and 9 as                                                       

                     amended subsequent to the final rejection in a paper filed November 10, 1997 (Paper No. 6).  Claim                                                                

                     10, the only other claim remaining in the application, stands allowed.  Claims 7, 11 and 12 have been                                                             



                                1Application for patent filed May 20, 1996.                                                                                                            
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