Ex parte AKINS - 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                                       Ex parte ANTHONY F. AKINS                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 1997-3719                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/559,156                                                                        
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                                                                      ON BRIEF1                                                                         
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                 Before McQUADE, NASE, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to                                                                         
                 allow claims 1, 3 and 8 to 12, as amended subsequent to the                                                                            
                 final rejection.  These claims constitute all of the claims                                                                            
                 pending in this application.                                                                                                           



                          1On January 18, 2000, the appellant waived the oral                                                                           
                 hearing (see Paper No. 16) scheduled for February 23, 2000.                                                                            





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