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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                 for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 EDWAR S. SHAMSHOUM, DAVID J. RAUSCHER and                                                                       
                                                         DOUGLAS A. BURMASTER                                                                           
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                                                          Appeal No. 1997-1684                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/223,9161                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before CAROFF, KIMLIN, and JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative                                                                               
                 Patent Judges.                                                                                                                         
                 CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This decision on appeal relates to the final rejection of                                                                     
                 claims 13-14 and 29-70.  Claims 1-12, all the other claims                                                                             
                 remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from                                                                                     
                 consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to a                                                                          
                 non-elected invention and, thus, are not before us on appeal.                                                                          

                          1Application for patent filed April 6, 1994.                                                                                  





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