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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 24              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                   Ex parte CARL F. KERNIZAN and JAMES R. SPENCE                      
                                   _____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2001-0214                                  
                             Application No. 08/826,283                               
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                                   ON BRIEF                                           
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          Before PAK, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and POTEATE, 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 final rejection of claims 1 through 6, 8, 9, 11,             
          12, 19 and 20, which are all of the claims pending in the above-            
          identified application.                                                     
                              APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER                                 
               Claims 1, 9, and 12 are representative of the subject                  
          matter on appeal and read as follows:                                       






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