Ex parte ROGERS - Page 1




                              THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                   
              The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication                     
              is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                         

                                                                                        Paper No. 11                         

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                     
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                       
                                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                                           
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                                             Ex parte DONALD Z. ROGERS                                                       
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                                                  Appeal No. 1997-1522                                                       
                                                  Application 08/296,779                                                     
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                             
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              Before  DOWNEY, WILLIAM F. SMITH and METZ, Administrative Patent Judges,                                       
              DOWNEY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                           

                                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                          
                      This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims               1-            
              11 and 13, all the claims remaining in the application.                                                        
                      The subject matter on appeal relates to decorative articles in the form of gemstones                   
              and ornaments comprising a substrate and a certain multiple thin film interference coating                     



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