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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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26           

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                    
                              Ex parte MICHAEL S. LIU                                 
                                  and JAMES C. LAI                                    
                                   _______________                                    
                                 Appeal No. 97-1387                                   
                              Application  08/251,0111                                
                                   _______________                                    
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    
          Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and FLEMING, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1 through 4.  Claims 5 through 102 have been indicated               
          by the examiner as being directed to allowable subject matter               
          and are not on appeal before us.                                            
                                                                                      
          1   Application for patent filed May 31, 1994.  According to                
          appellants, this application is a continuation of Application               
          07/997,864, filed December 29, 1992, now abandoned.                         
          2   A rejection of claims 6 and 8 through 10 under 35 U.S.C.                






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