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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                 publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WAYNE R. MATSON                                                                         
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                                                            Appeal No. 1996-22401                                                                       
                                                            Application 08/105,482                                                                      
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before WINTERS and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges and                                                                  
                 McKELVEY Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                           

                 WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  



                          1 Application for patent filed Aug. 12, 1993.  According to appellant, this application is a                                  
                 continuation of application 07/649,676, filed Feb. 1, 1991, which is a continuation-in-part of application                             
                 application 07/643,541, filed Jan. 18, 1991, and a continuation-in-part of application 07/274,505 filed Nov.                           
                 21, 1988, now U.S. patent no. 5,104,639, issued, Apr. 14, 1992, which is a divisional of application                                   
                 06/797,615, filed Nov. 13, 1985, now U.S. patent no. 4,863,873, issued Sep. 5, 1989, which is a                                        
                 continuation-in-part of application 06/670,483, filed Nov. 13, 1984, now abandoned, which is a continuation-                           
                 in-part of application 06/579,401, filed Feb. 17, 1984, now U.S. patent no. 4,511,659, issued Apr. 16, 1985,                           
                 which is a continuation-in-part of application 06/472,387 filed Mar. 4, 1983, now abandoned, which is a                                
                 continuation-in-part of application 06/425,183, filed Sep. 28, 1982, now abandoned, which is a continuation-                           
                 in-part of application 06/111,917 filed Jan. 14, 1980, now U.S. patent no. 4,404,065, issued Sep. 13, 1983.                            
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