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                          THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                 
          The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication
          in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.              
                                                                   Paper No. 34        
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                  __________________                                   
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                            
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                  __________________                                   
                     Ex parte MARK T. JOHNSON, FREDDY ROOZEBOOM,                       
                            and MARTINUS H.W.M. VAN DELDEN                             
                                  __________________                                   
                                 Appeal No. 1998-0593                                  
                               Application 08/491,5111                                 
                                   ________________                                    
                                       ON BRIEF                                        
                                   ________________                                    
          Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge,                         
          SCHAFER and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges.                               
          LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                            
                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from                 
          the examiner’s rejection of claims 2-12.  Claim 1 has been                   
          canceled.  No claim has been allowed.                                        
                         References relied on by the Examiner                          
          Kugimiya                 JP 56-22207               May 15, 1981              
          Watanabe                 4,285,894                 Aug. 25, 1981             
          Matsuzawa                     4,841,400                 Jun. 20,             
          1989                                                                         

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                    Application for patent filed June 16, 1995.                        





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