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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          was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not             
          binding precedent of the Board.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. 18              

                      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 L. SUTHERLAND                             
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                                 Appeal No. 97-2807                                   
                               Application 08/233,2161                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                      
          rejection of claims 26 through 29 and 32 through 35, all of the             
          claims remaining in the application. Claim 1 through 25, 30 and             
          31 have been canceled.                                                      



               Application for patent filed April 26, 1994.  According to appellant,1                                                                     
          this application is a continuation of application 07/844,588, filed March 27,
          1992.                                                                       
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