Ex parte WOOD 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                                         publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                
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                                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                
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                                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                
                                                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                 
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                                          Ex parte CLIFTON W. WOOD JR. and JOHN R. TUTTLE                                                                           
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                                                                   Appeal No. 1999-0526                                                                             
                                                                Application No. 08/581,9371                                                                         
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                                                                            ON BRIEF                                                                                
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                   Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                
                   DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                              



                                                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                

                            This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-11,                                                        

                   which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                                                                         



                            We REVERSE.                                                                                                                             

                            1Application for patent filed January 2, 1996.  According to appellants, this application is a                                          
                   continuation and/or continuation-in-part of many previous applications, the specifics of which are not                                           
                   deemed necessary for a determination of any issues in this case.  Accordingly, these prior applications are                                      
                   not listed herein.                                                                                                                               






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