Ex parte HAYS et al. - Page 1




               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               in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21                    
                                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                           
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                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                            
                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                                
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                                        Ex parte KIRK HAYS and WAYNE D. SMITH                                                        
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                                                     Appeal No. 1998-1512                                                            
                                                  Application No. 07/993,783                                                         
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                                                            ON BRIEF                                                                 
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               Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                
               BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                             




                                                    DECISION ON APPEAL                                                               
                       This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final                                  
               rejection of Claims 3 and 17.                                                                                         
                       We affirm-in-part.                                                                                            














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