Ex parte SHIEK - 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                                    Ex parte JAMES W. SHIEK, SR.                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 1999-0266                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/290,6781                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before CALVERT, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                       
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 3, 6, 7, 9 to 13 and 18 to 20, which are                                                                           
                 all of the claims pending in this application.                                                                                         



                          1Application for patent filed August 15, 1994.  According                                                                     
                 to the appellant, the application is a continuation of                                                                                 
                 Application No. 08/023,300, filed February 26, 1993, now                                                                               
                 abandoned, which was a continuation of Application No.                                                                                 
                 07/728,742, filed July 12, 1991, now abandoned.                                                                                        





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