Ex parte GAGNE et al. - Page 1




                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      

               The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not     
               written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent  
               of the Board.                                                          
                                                                 Paper No. 23         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                    Ex parte PATRICIA C. GAGNE and CAROL M. PUTERKO                   
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-2708                                 
                              Application No. 08/337,204                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before THOMAS, KRASS, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 28 through 31, 33 through 38, 70, 72                    
          through 75, 78 through 80, 83, 84, 88 through 92, 117, 118,                 
          141 through 150, and 157, which are all of the claims pending               
          in this application.                                                        
               Appellants' invention relates to a method and system for               
          the automatic identification of a fingerprint image.  In the                





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