Ex parte MILLWARD 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WILLIAM A. MILLWARD                                                                         
                                                              and JOHN DABINETT                                                                         
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                                                           Appeal No. 1998-3427                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/442,1091                                                                       
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                                                       HEARD: September 14, 1999                                                                        
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                 Before PATE, STAAB, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                        
                 CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                 


                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 31 through 46, which are all of the claims                                                                         
                 pending in this application.  Claims 1 through 30 have been                                                                            
                 canceled.                                                                                                                              
                          The appellants’ invention relates to a method of making a                                                                     
                 composite pipe.  An understanding of the invention can be                                                                              


                          1Application for patent filed May 16, 1995.                                                                                   





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