Ex parte DRISCOLL 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                 publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24                             

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                  Ex parte EDWARD K. DRISCOLL,                                                                          
                                                             ARTHUR R. NIGRO                                                                            
                                                          and THOMAS D. FILLIO                                                                          
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                                                          Appeal No. 1999-1498                                                                          
                                                       Application 08/547,6041                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before CALVERT, COHEN, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent                                                                             
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                

                 CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           

                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 22,                                                                      

                 24 and 28 to 31, all the claims remaining in the application.                                                                          



                          1Application for patent filed October 24, 1995.  According to the appellants,                                                 
                 the application is a continuation of Application 08/191,039, filed February 3, 1994, now                                               
                 Patent No. 5,490,723, issued February 13, 1996, which is a division of Application                                                     
                 08/080,310, filed June 24, 1993, now Patent No. 5,343,357, issued August 30, 1994, which                                               
                 is a division of Application 07/935,110, filed August 26, 1992, now Patent No.                                                         
                 5,247,427, issued September 21, 1993.                                                                                                  
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