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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          for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                         Ex parte THOMAS A. CHIMENTI, DANIEL                           
                             K. NG and RAYMOND R. RAABER                               
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                                  Appeal No. 95-2768                                   
                               Application 08/019,7001                                 
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                               HEARD: December 8, 1997                                 
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          Before CALVERT, COHEN and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow                  
          claims 14, 17, 18 and 28 to 30.   Claims 20 to 25, the other2                                             
          claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from                    
          consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being directed to a                 

               1 Application for patent filed February 19, 1993. According to appellants,
          the application is a division of Application 07/829,282, filed February 3, 1992.
               2 Claims 14, 16 to 19 and 27 to 29 were finally rejected, but in an     
          amendment filed on October 25, 1994 (Paper No. 13), claims 16, 19 and 27 were
          cancelled, and claim 30 was added.                                           
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