Ex parte CHAINER et al. - Page 1




          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was              
          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 
          the Board.                                                                  
                                                            Paper No. 23              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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              Ex parte TIMOTHY J. CHAINER, WAYNE J. SOHN and EDWARD J.                
          YARMCHUK                                                                    
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                                Appeal No. 1998-2517                                  
                               Application 08/317,129                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT, 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, 4, 24, 25, 29, 32,               
          52, 53 and 57-74, which constitute all the claims remaining in              


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