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                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      
          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was              
          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 
          the Board.                                                                  
                                                            Paper No. 17              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte DAVID M. RICHARDS                               
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                                Appeal No. 1999-1744                                  
                             Application No. 08/743,521                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative               
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final              
          rejection of claims 2, 4 and 10-13, all the claims currently                
          pending in the application.  An amendment filed subsequent to               


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