Ex parte CHANG 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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GEORGE CHANG                                  
                                  and ROSALIND LUM                                    
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                                Appeal No. 1997-1770                                  
                               Application 08/235,488                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before WINTERS, CAROFF and JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative                    
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This decision on appeal relates to the final rejection of              
          claims 1-20, all of the pending claims in appellants’                       
          application.                                                                
               The claims relate to a method for detecting coliform                   
          bacteria including E. coli (see claim 1), and an associated                 
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