Ex parte HEIL 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                     journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24                                          

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                              
                                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                              
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                                                                     Ex parte THOMAS F. HEIL,                                                                                          
                                                                      EDWARD A. MCDONALD,                                                                                              
                                                                      JAMES M. OTTINGER and                                                                                            
                                                                         JEFFREY A. HAWKEY                                                                                             
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                                                                           Appeal No.1997-2439                                                                                         
                                                                         Application 08/417,7011                                                                                       
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                                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                                            
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                     Before THOMAS, FLEMING, and HECKER, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                 

                     FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                             

                                                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                              

                                This a decision on  appeal from the final rejection of claims 15 through 19 and 23 through 29.                                                         



                                1Application for patent filed April 06, 1994.  According to Appellants, this application is a                                                          
                     continuation of Application 07/965,033, filed October 22, 1992, now abandoned, which is a                                                                         
                     continuation of Application 07/761,081, filed September 17, 1991, now abandoned.                                                                                  

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