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          Appeal No. 95-2742                                                               
          Application 08/006,411                                                           


                     THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                          
              The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                   
          (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and                         
          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                       
                                                             Paper No. 12                  
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                           
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                              
                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                      
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                        Ex parte KIRK A. CRONIN, ROBERT D. CROW                            
                                  and WILLIAM A. EVANKO                                    
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                                   Appeal No. 95-2742                                      
                                 Application 08/006,4111                                   
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                                          On BRIEF                                         
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          Before WINTERS, WEIFFENBACH and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                             
                                   Decision on Appeal                                      
             This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. ' 134 from the decision of                  
          the examiner finally rejecting claims 1 through 11.  Claims 1 and                
          9  are illustrative of the claims on appeal:2                                                                               


          1Application for patent filed January 21, 1993.                                  
          2Appellants state in their brief (page 3) that “[n]o grouping                    
          of the claims is necessary” and argues the claims as grouped in                  
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