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for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CURTIS P. SMITH,
JOHN W. REISCH
and RICHARD J. FEEGEL
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Appeal No. 1997-1907
Application No. 08/265,369
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, OWENS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 14, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
At the outset, we note that U.S. application No.
08/376,270 was filed on January 23, 1995 as a continuation-in-
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