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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                     journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                                            
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                                               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 P. VACANTI, LINDA G. CIMA                                                                                       
                                                                        and MICHAEL J. CIMA                                                                                            
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                                                                           Appeal No. 1998-2777                                                                                        
                                                                         Application 08/477,2261                                                                                       
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                                                                      HEARD: November 17, 1999                                                                                         
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                     Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge,  FRANKFORT, and BAHR,  Administrative                                                                           
                     Patent Judges.                                                                                                                                                    

                     FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                           


                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             

                                This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 1 through 36 as                                                               

                     amended subsequent to the final rejection in a paper filed September 3, 1996 (Paper No. 10). Claims 1                                                             


                                1Application for patent filed June 7, 1995.  According to appellants, this application is a                                                            
                     continuation-in-part of Application 08/200,636, filed February 23, 1994, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                      
                     5,518,680, granted May 21, 1996, which is a continuation-in-part of Application 08/138,345, filed                                                                 
                     October 18, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,490,962, granted February 13, 1996.                                                                                       
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