Ex Parte NAZARIAN 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                                     and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38                
                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                      
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                         
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                       Ex parte RICHARD A. NAZARIAN,                                          
                                       DIRK R. SMITH, JAMES R. WATTS,                                         
                               TIMOTHY J. KRIEWALL and RICHARD A. GRIEWSKI                                    
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                             Appeal No. 2004-1546                                             
                                          Application No. 09/030,989                                          
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                                                   ON BRIEF                                                   
                                                 ____________                                                 
                Before BARRETT, WARREN and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent                            
                Judges.                                                                                       
                JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                


                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                               
                       Applicants appeal the decision of the Primary Examiner finally                         
                rejecting claims 16 to 38, all of the pending claims in the above identified                  
                application.  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.1                                    




                       1  In rendering this decision, we have considered Appellants’ arguments                
                presented in the Brief filed September 24, 2003.                                              





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