Ex parte CHAPMAN 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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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