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                    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               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                          Ex parte THOMAS R. NEUENSCHWANDER                           
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                                 Appeal No. 96-4104                                   
                               Application 08/262,2311                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before CALVERT, ABRAMS and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                     
          CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 8 to              
          12 and 24 to 27, all the claims remaining in the application.               
               Claim 8 is illustrative of the subject matter in issue:                


               Application for patent filed June 20, 1994.  According1                                                                     
          to appellant, this application is a division of Application                 
          07/903,372, June 24, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,349,741,                   
          issued September 27, 1994.                                                  
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