Ex Parte COLLINS 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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                            Ex parte KENNETH S. COLLINS,                              
                                 CRAIG A. RODERICK,                                   
                                   JOHN R. TROW,                                      
                                   CHAN-LON YANG,                                     
                                JERRY YUEN-KUI WONG,                                  
                                   JEFFREY MARKS,                                     
                                 PETER R. KESWICK,                                    
                                 DAVID W. GROECHEL,                                   
                                 JAY D. PINSON, II,                                   
                                 TETSUYA ISHIKAWA,                                    
                              LAWRENCE CHANG-LAI LEI,                                 
                                        and                                           
                                  MASATO M. TOSHIMA                                   
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1999-0865                                  
                             Application No. 08/468,573                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    
          Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent            
          Judges.                                                                     
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 57-68, which are all of the claims pending in the present            
          application.  Claims 1-56 have been canceled.  An amendment filed           




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