Ex parte BAUER 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                 for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                     Ex parte RALPH BAUER, THOMAS E. COTTRINGER                                                                         
                                                          AND MARTIN B. BARNES                                                                          
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                                                          Appeal No. 1996-3496                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/167,2881                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before HANLON, PAK, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent                                                                               
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                      


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final                                                                     
                 rejection of claims 1 through 9 which are all of the claims                                                                            
                 pending in the application.                      2                                                                                     


                          1Application for patent filed December 16, 1993.                                                                              
                          2As is apparent from the record, appellants’ statement                                                                        
                 "[t]his is an appeal from the Office [a]ction dated August 29,                                                                         
                 1995 [sic, September 27, 1995], finally rejecting Claims 1-                                                                            





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