Ex parte STEELEY - 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 LARRY J. STEELEY                                                                        
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                                                             Appeal No. 99-0633                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/880,2471                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before COHEN, STAAB 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 and 3 through 19, which are all of the                                                                           
                 claims pending in this application.                                                                                                    
                          We AFFIRM.                                                                                                                    
                                                                   BACKGROUND                                                                           

                          1  Application for patent filed June 23, 1997.  According to the                                                              
                 appellant, the application is a continuation of Application No. 08/613,505,                                                            
                 filed March 11, 1996, now abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of                                                                
                 Application No. 08/337,730, filed November 14, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No.                                                                 
                 5,577,403; which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 29/006,161,                                                              
                 filed March 22, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. Des. 352,600.                                                                                  






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