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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          was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not              
          binding precedent of the Board.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. 23              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                      __________                                       
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                      __________                                       
                   Ex parte JAMES A. MCLAUGHLIN, JOHN M. ANDERSON                      
                                 and ERIC T. MCADAMS                                   
                                      __________                                       
                                  Appeal No. 97-2739                                   
                               Application 08/210,7571                                 
                                      __________                                       
                                       ON BRIEF                                        
                                      __________                                       

          Before CALVERT, LYDDANE and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                      
          LYDDANE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                    This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner's                
          refusal to allow claims 1, 5 and 7.  Claims 2 through 4, 6, 8 and            
          9, which are the only other claims pending in the application,               
          stand withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner                   


             Application for patent filed March 22, 1994.1                                                                       
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