Ex parte HORTON 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          was not written for publication and is not binding precedent                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. 20              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                            Ex parte KATHERINE C. HORTON                              
                                         and                                          
                                   MARK C. ROGERS                                     
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1998-0999                                  
                               Application 08/452,737                                 
                                     __________                                       
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     __________                                       

          Before KIMLIN, PAK, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative                    
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                           

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                  
          from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1 through 13 and                
          21 through 23, which are all of the claims pending in the                   
          above-identified application.  Claim 1 was amended subsequent               

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