Ex parte JENKINS et al. - Page 1




          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was              
          not written for publication in a law journal and is not                     
          binding precedent of the Board.                                             
                                                            Paper No. 45              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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              Ex parte ROBERT L. JENKINS, GEORGE F. WILKINS, MICHAEL J.               
          NOONE,                 NORMAN M. ROBINSON and ROBERT E.                     
          OGLESBY                                                                     
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                                Appeal No. 1997-0449                                  
                               Application 08/380,244                                 
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                               HEARD: February 7, 2000                                
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          Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final              
          rejection of claims 1-14, all the claims currently pending in               
          the present application.                                                    
               By way of background, this is the second appeal of claims              

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