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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          written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11              

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte RONALD S. JOYCE,                                
                                   CARL H. POPPE,                                     
                                  and PAUL H. TUMA                                    
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                                Appeal No. 1998-1090                                  
                             Application No. 08/534,965                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and GROSS, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection              
          of claims 4-14, the only claims remaining in the application.               
          Claims 1-3 have been canceled.  An amendment after final                    
          rejection filed September 29, 1997, concurrently with the                   
          Appeal Brief, was approved for entry by the Examiner.                       
               The claimed invention relates to a pressure switch                     






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