Ex parte WILLIAMS 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                     not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27                                          

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                               
                                                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                             
                                                                                __________                                                                                             
                                         Ex parte GREGORY K. WILLIAMS and SEAN A. BRADY                                                                                                
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                                                                     Appeal No. 1997-4002                                                                                              
                                                                   Application 08/459,8801                                                                                             
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                                                                   HEARD:December 7, 1999                                                                                              
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                     Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and GONZALES, Administrative Patent                                                                                                       
                     Judges.                                                                                                                                                           
                     STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                               

                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             
                                This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final                                                                                              
                     rejection of claims 25-27, 29 and 32-35.  Claims 28, 30 and                                                                                                       


                                1Application for patent filed June 2, 1995.  According to                                                                                              
                     the appellants, the application is a division of Application                                                                                                      
                     08/252,125, filed June 1, 1994, now abandoned; which is a                                                                                                         
                     continuation of Application 08/050,942, filed April 21, 1993,                                                                                                     
                     now abandoned.                                                                                                                                                    
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