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          Appeal No. 95-2270                                                           
          Application 08/005,856                                                       

          sensitive adhesives which are said adhere to various materials,              
          "for instance, glass, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyethylene,                 
          etc." (col. 8, lines 63-64).                                                 
                       Prosecution of the application on appeal                        
                    10. On March 13, 1992, applicants filed what is known              
          as a "Rule 60" divisional application of application 07/265,192,             
          filed October 31, 1988, now U.S. Patent Nš 5,128,394, issued                 
          July 7, 1992.  The Rule 60 division application was assigned                 
          Application No. 07/850,711.                                                  
                    11. Accompanying the request for filing the Rule 60                
          divisional application, was a document styled PRELIMINARY                    
          AMENDMENT A (Paper No. 3).  Internally, the PTO designated the               
          amendment as "amendment B".  The amendment requested that claims             
          22-34 be added to the application.                                           
                    12. On June 24, 1992, applicants filed a document                  
          styled PRELIMINARY AMENDMENT (Paper No. 6).  The amendment                   
          requested cancellation of claims 22-34 and entry of claims 35-44.            
          Internally, the PTO designated the amendment as "amendment C".               
          The amendment was entered resulting in:                                      
                         (1) the cancellation of claims 22-34 (as                      
                              requested by applicants),                                
                         (2) entry of claims 35-44 (as requested by                    
                              applicants) and                                          
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