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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 16              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte A. DALE LAKES                                 
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                               Appeal No. 1997-3874                                   
                               Application 08/446,295                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before GARRIS, WARREN and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of               
          claims 22-24 and 28-33.  Claims 25-27, which are all of the                 
          other claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn                  
          from consideration by the examiner as being directed toward a               
          nonelected invention.                                                       
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward a                 

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