Ex parte DAVIS et al.Ex parte FRANCIS L. RICHTER, JAMES WILSON AND - Page 1




                                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                        
                                   The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                                                           
                                                 is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                 
                                                                                                                    Paper No. 34                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                          Ex parte MARVIN B. DAVIS and KENT MURPHY                                                                      
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                                                           Appeal No. 1999-1924                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/486,545                                                                        
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                                                          HEARD:  March 22, 2000                                                                        
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                 Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, HAIRSTON and                                                                         
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                    

                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     


                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection (Paper No. 11, mailed December 12, 1996) of claims 1                                                                         
                 and 21 to 27, which are all of the claims pending in this                                                                              
                 application.1                                                                                                                          

                          1While the examiner in the Advisory Action of February                                                                        
                 13, 1997 (Paper No. 14) has approved entry of the amendment to                                                                         
                 claims 1 and 27 (Paper No. 13, filed January 24, 1997)                                                                                 
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