Ex parte ROBINSON 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                    Ex parte JACK B. ROBINSON, ROD J. ROHRICH and RONALD M. FRIEDMAN                                                                    
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                                                           Appeal No. 1999-0226                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/447,217                                                                        
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                                                                      ON BRIEF1                                                                         
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                 Before METZ, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                             
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection (Paper No. 8, mailed July 31, 1997) of claims 1 to                                                                           
                 20, which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                                                           


                          We REVERSE.                                                                                                                   


                          1On February 28, 2000 the appellants waived the oral                                                                          
                 hearing (see Paper No. 19) scheduled for March 6, 2000.                                                                                





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