Ex parte GABRIEL 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                       Ex parte FRANCIS GABRIEL and DAVID MEERMANS                                                                      
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                                                           Appeal No. 1999-1991                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/611,7251                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, NASE and                                                                        
                 BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                    

                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to                                                                         
                 allow claims 1, 3 to 10 and 12 to 23, as amended subsequent to                                                                         
                 the final rejection.  These claims constitute all of the                                                                               
                 claims pending in this application.                                                                                                    


                          1Application for patent filed March 6, 1996.                                                                                  





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