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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              publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13                       

                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
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                                             Ex parte SNEHAL M. SHAH                                                   
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                                               Appeal No. 1996-2731                                                    
                                               Application 08/240,862                                                  
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                         
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              Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SPIEGEL, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges.                               
              ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      

                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      

                     This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 3-6, 8, 9,             
              12, 13, 17, 18 and 21-23, all the claims pending in the application.  Claim 21 is                        
              representative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:                                     









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