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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 22              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                    Ex parte MICHAEL A. FETTERMAN GLENN J. HINTON                     
                       ROBERT W. MARTELL and DAVID B. PAPWORTH                        
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1999-0498                                  
                               Application 08/532,225                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ___________                                      
          Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and LALL, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                   

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
          This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                      
          from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-10, 12, 13 and 29-                
          36, which constitute all the claims remaining in the                        
          application.  An amendment after final rejection was filed on               
          June 16, 1997 and was entered by the examiner.                              
          The disclosed invention pertains to a method and                            

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