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          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 18              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                Ex parte EDWARD ALBERT SKINNER, ROBERT E. ROCHELLE,                   
                                 and JOHN A. WEBER                                    
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                                Appeal No. 2000-2024                                  
                             Application No. 09/059,207                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and NASE, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1,                
          3, 5 to 22 and 24 to 26, all the claims remaining in the                    
          application.                                                                
               The disclosed invention concerns the attachment of an                  

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