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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               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                        
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                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                         
                                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
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                          Ex parte JOSEPH H. McCAIN, E. R. WEBB and WILLIAM R. LUEDERS                                            
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                                                     Appeal No. 1996-4063                                                         
                                                    Application 08/389,0871                                                       
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                                                HEARD: NOVEMBER 2, 1999                                                           
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               Before FLEMING, FRAHM, and BARRY Administrative Patent Judges.                                                     

               FRAHM, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                


                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                             

                      Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 55 to 88,               

               which constitute all of the pending claims in the application before us.  Claims 1 to 54 have been                 


                      1 Application for patent filed February 14, 1995.  According to appellants, the application is a continuation
               of Application 08/090,354, filed July 12, 1993, now abandoned, which is a division of Application 07/939,565, filed
               September 2, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,309,351, issued May 3, 1994, which is a continuation of Application       
               07/808,036, filed December 12, 1991, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application 07/263,679, filed October
               27, 1988, now abandoned.                                                                                           
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