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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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 21                                       

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                   Ex parte ROBERT A. MEGER                                                                   
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-3037                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/252,4741                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before ABRAMS, STAAB and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                              
                ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally                                                          
                rejecting claims 1-3, 5-8 and 10-12.  At this point, claim 4 had                                                              
                been allowed and claim 9 indicated as containing allowable                                                                    
                subject matter.  Subsequent to the final rejection, an amendment                                                              
                was entered which resulted in claim 9 being allowed (Paper No.                                                                
                13).                                                                                                                          

                         1Application for patent filed June 1, 1994.                                                                          
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