Ex parte RONCA 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DENNIS RONCA and DAVID ALTOPIEDI                                                                      
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                                                             Appeal No. 99-0073                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/562,1661                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE and BAHR, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 18 through 20.  Claims 10, 11, 14, 16, 21                                                                          



                          1Application for patent filed November 22, 1995.                                                                              
                 According to the appellants, the application is a divisional                                                                           
                 of Application 08/206,638, filed March 7, 1994, now U.S. Pat.                                                                          
                 No. 5,514,056.                                                                                                                         





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