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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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22                             

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                    Ex parte JOSEPH M. CUMMINS                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 94-2097                                                                           
                                                       Application 07/875,6301                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before WINTERS, JOHN D. SMITH and GRON, Administrative Patent                                                                          
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  
                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           





                          1Application for patent filed April 28, 1992.  According                                                                      
                 to appellant, this application is a continuation of                                                                                    
                 Application 07/044,317, filed April 30, 1987, now abandoned;                                                                           
                 which is a continuation of Application 06/688,868, filed                                                                               
                 January 4, 1985, now U.S. Patent No. 4,820,515, issued April                                                                           
                 11, 1989; which is a continuation-in-part of Application                                                                               
                 06/448,951, filed December 13, 1982, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                               
                 4,497,795, issued February 5, 1985.                                                                                                    
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