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                                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                        
                          The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                                                          
                          today (1) was not written for publication in a law                                                                            
                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               
                          Board.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                               Paper No. 20                             
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                   Ex parte STEPHEN M. NEUMANN                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 94-0539                                                                           
                                                       Application 07/890,4561                                                                          
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                                                         HEARD:  April 8, 1997                                                                          
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                 Before KIMLIN, WEIFFENBACH and WARREN,  Administrative Patent       2                                                                  
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-                                                                       
                 12, all the claims in the present application.  Claim 1 is                                                                             
                 illustrative:                                                                                                                          

                          1Application for patent filed May 29, 1992.                                                                                   
                          2Administrative Patent Judge (APJ) Thierstein                                                                                 
                 participated in the oral hearing on April 8, 1997, but has                                                                             
                 since resigned.  APJ Warren has been substituted on this                                                                               
                 merits panel.  Compare In re Bose, 772 F.2d 866, 227 USPQ 1                                                                            
                 (Fed. Cir. 1985).                                                                                                                      
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