Ex parte UMNEY 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           for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                      ____________                                     
                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                      ____________                                     
                     Ex parte MICHAEL A. UMNEY and DOUGLAS E. VANN                     
                                      ____________                                     
                                   Appeal No. 99-0612                                  
                              Application No. 08/772,9581                              
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                                        ON BRIEF                                       
                                      ____________                                     
          Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, ABRAMS,               
          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 1, 5 through 8 and 11 through 16, which                  
          are all of the claims pending in this application.  Claims 2                 
          through 4, 9, 10 and 17 were canceled in an amendment after                  
          final rejection filed February 10, 1998.                                     


               1Application for patent filed December 24, 1996.                        





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