Ex parte CHAPPELL et al. - Page 1




            The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication        
            in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                       
                                                                                    Paper No. 18              
                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                          
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                            
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
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                          Ex parte BARBARA A. CHAPPELL, TERRY I. CHAPPELL,                                    
                                 SANG H. DHONG, and MARK S. MILSHTEIN                                         
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                                            Appeal No. 1998-2982                                              
                                         Application No. 08/582,716                                           
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                                                 ON BRIEF1                                                    
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            Before KRASS, LALL, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.                                
            BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                         




                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                   This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final               
            rejection of claims 1-7, 10, and 11, which are all the claims remaining in the application.       
                   We reverse.                                                                                





                   1Appellants waived an oral hearing; see facsimile communication filed February 1, 2001 (Paper No.
            17).                                                                                              





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