Ex parte SMITH 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                                       Ex parte CURTIS P. SMITH,                                                                        
                                                                 JOHN W. REISCH                                                                         
                                                           and RICHARD J. FEEGEL                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 1997-2384                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/430,083                                                                        
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before WARREN, OWENS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                         
                 KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 15 through 20, which are all of the claims                                                                         
                 pending in this application .                    1                                                                                     


                          1A preliminary amendment canceling claims 1-14 was                                                                            
                 presented at numbered item 5 of the transmittal letter that                                                                            
                 accompanied the filing of this application on April 27, 1995.                                                                          
                 This amendment has not been clerically entered.                                                                                        





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