Ex parte GIBBON 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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                              Ex parte DAVID C. GIBBON                                
                                and BEHZAD SHAHRARAY                                  
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1998-1323                                  
                               Application 08/252,861                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ___________                                      
          Before JERRY SMITH, DIXON and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative                   
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                   

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
          This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                      
          from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-25, which constitute              
          all the claims in the application.  An amendment after final                
          rejection was filed on October 17, 1996, and was entered by                 
          the examiner.                                                               

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