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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          publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte BARRY E. KINSMAN                               
                                        and                                           
                                   RICHARD HANNEY                                     
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                                Appeal No. 1998-1405                                  
                             Application No. 08/379,600                               
                                   ______________                                     
                                HEARD: MARCH 8, 2001                                  
                                   _______________                                    

          Before PAK, OWENS, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                     
          PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                           

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                  
          from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 7 through 21,                   
          which are all of the pending claims in the above-identified                 
          application.                                                                
              Claim 7 is representative of the subject matter on appeal              







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