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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                     (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                                                        

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                               
                                                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                             
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                                                          Ex parte ELWYN P. M. WAKEFIELD,                                                                                              
                                                              and CHRISTOPHER P.H. WALKER                                                                                              
                                                                            ______________                                                                                             
                                                                        Appeal No. 96-2243                                                                                             
                                                                Application 08/327,4471                                                                                                
                                                                           _______________                                                                                             
                                                                HEARD: JUNE 9, 1999                                                                                                    
                                                                           _______________                                                                                             
                     Before KRASS, HECKER and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                      
                     HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                              

                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             







                                1  Application for patent filed October 21, 1994.  According to                                                                                        
                     appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 08/074,984,                                                                                         
                     filed June 10, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application                                                                                        
                     07/808,531, filed December 16, 1991, now abandoned, which is a continuation                                                                                       
                     of Application 07/557,940, filed July 25, 1990, now Patent No. 5,073,816,                                                                                         
                     issued December 17, 1991.                                                                                                                                         
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