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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROBERT T. RASMUSSEN and SURJIT S. CHADHA                  
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 1999-0541                                 
                              Application No. 08/599,4361                             
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before JERRY SMITH, DIXON and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.         
          SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final                 
          rejection of claims 5, 7, 13, 15 through 18 and 22 through 26,              
          which are all of the claims pending in this application.                    
               We reverse and enter a new ground of rejection under 37 CFR            
          § 1.196(b).                                                                 










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