Ex parte MEADOWS - 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                     not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20                                          
                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                               
                                                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                             
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                                                                 Ex parte JOHN W. MEADOWS                                                                                              
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                                                                     Appeal No. 1997-2032                                                                                              
                                                                   Application 08/229,2781                                                                                             
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                                                                                  ON BRIEF                                                                                             
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                     Before COHEN, FRANKFORT and GONZALES, Administrative Patent                                                                                                       
                     Judges.                                                                                                                                                           
                     FRANKFORT, 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                                                                                                     
                     in this application.  Upon reconsideration (answer, page 1),                                                                                                      
                     the examiner has allowed claims 1 through 6, therefore, the                                                                                                       
                     appeal as to those claims is dismissed.  Only claims 7 through                                                                                                    


                                1Application for patent filed April 18, 1994.                                                                                                          
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