Ex parte CAREY 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                                   Ex parte MICHAEL J. CAREY and JOSEPH H. EDWARDS                                                                      
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                                                           Appeal No. 1999-2537                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/619,269                                                                        
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent                                                                            
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15 to 18, 22, 23 and                                                                           
                 25 to 27.   Claim 24 has been allowed.  Claims 10, 19 and 201                                                                                                                     
                 have been withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b)                                                                         



                          1Claims 9, 12 and 16 were amended subsequent to the final                                                                     
                 rejection.                                                                                                                             





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