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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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte JAY M. WARDLE                                 
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                                Appeal No. 1996-2986                                  
                               Application 08/348,6251                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-11 and 21-29.  Claims 12-20 have been canceled.                    
               The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus              

               1Application for patent filed December 2, 1994.                        
          According to the appellant, the application is a division of                
          Application 08/013,882, February 5, 1993, now U.S. Patent No.               
          5,399,976, issued March 21, 1995.                                           
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