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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                                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35                            

                                       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 J. CHAPMAN, ARIEL B. CHRISTENSEN,                                                                        
                                          CARL E. JONES and SUSHAMA M. PARANJAPE                                                                        
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                                                          Appeal No. 1999-0011                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/428,812                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and LALL, Administrative Patent                                                                          
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     




                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           


                          This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from                                                                       
                 the final rejection  of claims 1 to 14, which constitute all1                                                                                                    
                 the pending claims in the application.                                                                                                 

                          1An amendment after final rejection was filed as paper                                                                        
                 number 25, and its entry was approved by the Examiner, see                                                                             
                 paper number 26.                                                                                                                       





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