Ex parte MIGGINS - 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 LAWRENCE E. MIGGINS                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 1999-1978                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/864,4421                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, 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 1, 3, 5 and 8 through 11, which are all of                                                                         
                 the claims pending in this application.                                                                                                


                          We REVERSE.                                                                                                                   

                          1Application for patent filed May 28, 1997.  According to                                                                     
                 the appellant, the application is a continuation of                                                                                    
                 Application No. 08/656,087, filed May 31, 1996, now abandoned.                                                                         





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