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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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                               
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                                    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 W. ASTLE                                                                   
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                                                        Appeal No. 95-0526                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/038,5331                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before SOFOCLEOUS, WILLIAM F. SMITH and WEIMAR, Administrative                                                                
                Patent Judges.                                                                                                                
                SOFOCLEOUS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                      


                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 4,                                                         
                6, and 8 to 20, all the claims remaining in the application.                                                                  
                         The subject matter on appeal is directed to a micropipette                                                           
                tip rack, a pipettor system, and a method of loading onto a                                                                   
                pipettor a plurality of micropipette tips.                                                                                    

                         1Application for patent filed March 29, 1993.                                                                        
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