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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                     journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHARLES R. SPERRY, LAURENCE B. SPERRY, CRAIG E. ROBERT, MICHAEL J.                                                                                       
                                        SECKLER, BRIAN K. FARISON and ABRAHAM N. REICHENTAL                                                                                            
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                                                                            Appeal No. 97-2491                                                                                         
                                                                         Application 08/514,0101                                                                                       
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                                                                          HEARD: April 9, 1999                                                                                         
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                     Before CALVERT, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                    

                     STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                               


                                                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                            

                                This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 33, 34 and 36-50,                                                        

                     all the claims then pending in the application.  Subsequent to the final rejection, appellants filed an                                                           


                                1Application for patent filed August 11, 1995.  According to the appellant, the application is a                                                       
                     continuation of Application 08/121,751, filed September 15, 1993, now abandoned, which is a                                                                       
                     continuation of Application 07/843,609, filed February 28, 1992, now abandoned.                                                                                   
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