Ex Parte CHAN 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                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 46           
                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                    ____________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    ____________                                      
                      Ex parte ANDY D.C. CHAN, JOSEPH S. FOOS,                        
                      JAMES E. RASMUSSEN, RICHARD L. SCHULKIND                        
                                and JOHN A. ZALENSKI                                  
                                    ____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2001-0246                                  
                             Application No. 08/921,1031                              
                                    ____________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                    ____________                                      
          Before THOMAS, KRASS and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final                 
          rejection of claims 47 and 49.  Claims 22-25, 27-46, 48 and 51-             
          53 have been canceled and claim 50 has been allowed.2                       
               We affirm.                                                             




               1 Application for patent filed August 29, 1997, which is a continuation-
          in-part of the Application No. 08/552,833, filed November 3, 1995, now      
          abandoned.                                                                  
               2  The rejection of claim 50 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being         
          unpatentable over Europe and Hofmeier in view of the admitted prior art is  
          withdrawn by the Examiner (answer, page 2).                                 





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