Ex parte SPERRY 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                                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17            
                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                          
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                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                             
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                   
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                       Ex parte LAURENCE BURST SPERRY, ANTHONY ORKIN DAVLIN,                                     
                      KERRY MICHAEL MCKINLEY and GEORGE TEOPFILIUS BERTRAM                                       
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                                              Appeal No. 2000-1267                                               
                                            Application No. 08/843,274                                           
                                                  ____________                                                   
                                            HEARD: February 22, 2001                                             
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             Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                       
             ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                




                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                  
                   This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-15.              
             Claims 27-37 were withdrawn by the examiner as being directed to a non-elected                      
             invention, and claims 16-26 were canceled by the appellants.                                        


                   We REVERSE.                                                                                   










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