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journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 DEREK D. CHAPMAN, RAMANUJ GOSWAMI
and CSABA A. KOVACS
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Appeal No. 1997-2271
Application 08/588,969
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ON BRIEF
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Before JOHN D. SMITH, OWENS and LORIN, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the examiner’s rejection of claims
1-5, which are all of the claims in the application.1
1The rejection appealed from is a first action rejection.
However, because the subject matter on appeal is essentially
the same as in the parent case and because the same references
-1-1
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