Ex Parte EDWARDS 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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                    Ex parte DAVID B. EDWARDS, WILLIAM J. McCARTHY,                   
                        LEONARD E. HODAKOWSKI, CHI-YU R. CHEN,                        
                          SAMUEL T. GOUGE, and PAUL J. WEBER                          
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 1998-1870                                 
                              Application No. 08/447,063                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before COHEN, PATE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                 
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  


               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 30                
          through 38 and 41 through 50.  These claims constitute all of the           
          claims remaining in the application.                                        















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