Ex Parte Deacon 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                                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16             

                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
                                                   ____________                                                     
                                            Ex parte ERNIE L. DEACON                                                
                                                         and                                                        
                                                FARIS W. McMULLIN                                                   
                                                   ____________                                                     
                                                Appeal No. 2003-1272                                                
                                            Application No. 10/039,3381                                             
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                       
                                                   ____________                                                     
             Before HAIRSTON, FRANKFORT, NASE, BAHR and MacDONALD, Administrative Patent                            
             Judges.                                                                                                
             NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                     


                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                   
                    This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection (mailed                        
             September 24, 2002) of claims 18 to 34, which are all of the claims pending in this                    
             application.                                                                                           



                    1Filed October 29, 2001.  According to the appellants, the application is a                     
             continuation of Application No. 08/149,193, filed November 8, 1993, now U.S. Patent                    
             No. 6,354,021, which in turn was a continuation of Application No. 07/872,819, filed                   
             April 24, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,259,129.                                                         





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