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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          for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                     ____________                                      
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                     ____________                                      
                   Ex parte DARYL J. CAREY, LYNN L. LADOUCEUR and                      
                                 DANIEL W. MUSZYNSKI                                   
                                     ____________                                      
                                 Appeal No. 1997-0200                                  
                              Application No. 08/202,860                               
                                     ____________                                      
                                       ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ____________                                      
          Before THOMAS, MARTIN, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                      
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                
          claims 28, 33, 37, and 38.  Claims 1-27 and 29 have been                     
          canceled.  Claims 30-32 and 34-36 have been indicated by the                 
          Examiner as containing allowable subject matter.                             
               The claimed invention relates to a method and apparatus                 
          for balancing an out-of-balance transaction in a check image                 






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