Ex parte GRINDATTO et al. - Page 1




          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was               
          not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board.               
                                                             Paper No. 40              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                      __________                                       
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                       Ex parte BERNARD GRINDATTO, ALEX JOURDAN                        
                                    and MARIE PRIN                                     
                                      __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1997-2284                                   
                                Application 08/278,107                                 
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                                 HEARD: June 6, 2000                                   
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          Before KIMLIN, OWENS and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                      
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of                
          claims 1 and 2.  Claims 3, 8, 9, 13-15, 18 and 19, which are                 
          all of the other claims remaining in the application, have                   
          been indicated by the examiner as being allowable.                           
                                    THE INVENTION                                      
               Appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a                      

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