Ex parte PURVIS 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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte MICHAEL B. PURVIS,                              
                         ANTHONY A. PARKER, PAUL A. HOLMES,                           
                        JULIA B. MAC LACHLAN, JOHN R. SCOTT,                          
                                  and YASUO NEGISHI                                   
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1997-0218                                  
                               Application 08/182,757                                 
                                     __________                                       
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before HANLON, WARREN, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          HANLON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                  
          from the final rejection of claims 42-47, 49-51, 66, 77 and                 
          78.  Claims 40, 41, 52-65 and 67-71 are also pending and have               
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