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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        written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14          

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     __________                                      
                            Ex parte STEPHEN F. BAUMANN,                             
                               ROBERT E. SANDERS, JR.,                               
                                         and                                         
                                   SCOTT L. PALMER                                   
                                     __________                                      
                                Appeal No. 1999-0130                                 
                             Application No. 08/439,035                              
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                                      ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before WARREN, TIMM, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          DELMENDO, 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 1, 3 through 7, 10, 12              
          through 14, 16, 17, 19, and 21 through 23, which are all of the            
          claims pending in the above-identified application.1                       


                                                                                    
               1  In reply to the final Office action of September 2, 1997           
          (paper 8), the appellants submitted an amendment under 37 CFR              
          § 1.116 (1997) on March 6, 1998 (paper 9), proposing the                   
          cancellation of claims 9, 11, 18, and 20 and changes to claims 1           





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