Ex parte LONG - 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                   publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15                                     

                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                  
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                                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                  
                                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                   
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                                                       Ex parte HOWARD W. LONG, Dec’d                                                                               
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                                                                 Appeal No. 1997-2277                                                                               
                                                                Application 08/462,8141                                                                             
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                                                                          ON BRIEF                                                                                  
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                   Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH and  SPIEGEL Administrative Patent Judges,                                                                      
                   WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                            


                                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                  





                            1Application for patent filed Jun. 5, 1995.  According to appellant, this application is                                                
                   a division of Application No. 07/655,675, filed Feb. 14, 1991 (now U.S. Patent No.                                                               
                   5,441,360), which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/284,744, filed Dec. 9,                                                         
                   1988 (abandoned), which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/149,686, filed Jan.                                                      
                   28, 1988 (abandoned).                                                                                                                            
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