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                                                       Paper No. 25                   
               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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte JAMES B. SCOTT                                
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                                 Appeal No. 98-0605                                   
                              Application 08/383,1911                                 
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                                   ON BRIEF                                           
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          Before CALVERT, COHEN and MEISTER, Administrative Patent                    
          Judges.                                                                     
          MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                                                                     
                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                      
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-                
          12, 14, 16, 19, 20 and 27.   Claims 13, 15, 17 and 18 have2                                                 


               Application for patent filed February 3, 1995.1                                                                     
               Claims 1, 16 and 27 have been amended subsequent to final rejection by2                                                                     
          an amendment filed on November 5, 1996 (Paper No. 13).  Although the examiner
          has indicated that this amendment "has been entered" (see answer, page 2), we
          note that no clerical entry thereof has in fact been made.                  
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