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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                        journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14                                              

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                               
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                
                                                       AND INTERFERENCES                                                                    
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                                              Ex parte PATRICK W. P. DIRKS                                                                  
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                                                       Appeal No. 97-2696                                                                   
                                                   Application 08/231,6571                                                                  
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                                                   HEARD:  MARCH 10, 1999                                                                   
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                Before THOMAS, FLEMING and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                              
                LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          


                                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                   
                                This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims                                                        
                1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 9 through 23.  Claims 3, 4 and 8 have been                                                                
                objected to and are thus not on appeal.                                                                                     
                                The disclosed invention relates to the management of                                                        

                        1Application for patent filed April 25, 1994.                                                                       
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