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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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                    
                              Ex parte GUY A. WOJTANEK                                
                                   _______________                                    
                                 Appeal No. 95-2405                                   
                              Application  07/969,6631                                
                                   _______________                                    
                                HEARD: Jan. 15, 1998                                  
                                   _______________                                    
          Before KRASS, LEE, and CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 3 through 6, 8 and 9.  Claims 1 and 2 have been canceled             
          and claim 7 has been indicated by the examiner as being                     
          allowable.                                                                  
               The invention pertains to a windshield wiper/washer switch,            
          the details of which are made clear from an analysis of                     
          independent claim 8, the only independent claim before us on this           
          appeal.                                                                     
               Claim 8 reads as follows:                                              








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