Ex parte STEKETEE - 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                     not binding precedent of the Board.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. 64                                          
                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                               
                                                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                             
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                                                      Ex parte CAMPBELL H. STEKETEE, JR.                                                                                               
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                                                                     Appeal No. 1997-4430                                                                                              
                                                                  Application 08/421,4631                                                                                              
                                                                            ______________                                                                                             
                                                                  HEARD: January 10, 2000                                                                                              
                                                                           _______________                                                                                             
                     Before  COHEN, STAAB and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                      
                                COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                    

                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             
                                This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 39                                                                                                
                     through 41 and 60 through 66.  Claims 15 through 18 have been                                                                                                     

                                1 Application for patent filed April 12, 1995.  According                                                                                              
                     to appellant, this application is a continuation of                                                                                                               
                     Application 08/010,522, filed January 25, 1993, now abandoned,                                                                                                    
                     which is a continuation of Application 07/808,305, filed                                                                                                          
                     December 16, 1991, now abandoned, which is a continuation of                                                                                                      
                     Application 07/180,904, filed April 13, 1988, now abandoned,                                                                                                      
                     which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/076,973,                                                                                                        
                     filed July 28, 1987, now U.S. Patent No. 4,867,921, issued                                                                                                        
                     September 19, 1989, which is a continuation of Application                                                                                                        
                     06/846,322, filed March 31, 1986, now abandoned.                                                                                                                  
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