Appeal No. 1997-1551
Application No. 08/235,597
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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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DENNIS W. JOHNSON, PERVAJI A. BHAT and THOMAS R. GOOTS
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Appeal No. 1997-1551
Application no. 08/235,5971
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ON BRIEF
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Before DOWNEY, WILLIAM F. SMITH and LORIN, 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 1-6.2
1 US appl. no. 08/448,060 is a divisional continuation of the instant application. The claims of 08/448,060
also are the subject of appeal no. 97-2914, which is being decided concurrently with the instant appeal.
2 The February 21, 1996 Final Rejection involved claims 1-8. On April 25, 1996, however, the appellants filed
an Amendment after Final Rejection which amended claim 1 and cancelled claims 7 and 8. The examiner
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