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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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24                   

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    ____________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                    ____________                                      
                    Ex parte STEPHEN P. GIBSON, ALEXANDER GOUDIE,                     
                        KELVIN S. HOLDOM and JOHN D. BU’LOCK                          
                                    ____________                                      
                                 Appeal No. 95-0576                                   
                               Application 08/035,5461                                
                                    ____________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and GRON, Administrative Patent           
          Judges.                                                                     


           Application for patent filed March 23, 1993.  According to1                                                                      
          applicants, this application is a continuation of Application               
          07/786,691, filed November 1, 1991, now abandoned; which is a               
          continuation of Application 07/142,888, filed January 11, 1988, now         
          U.S. Patent 5,089,480, patented February 18, 1992; which is a               
          continuation-in-part of Application 06/886,867, filed July 16, 1986,        
          now abandoned.  Applicants claim the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of       
          the July 27, 1985, August 9, 1985, April 24, 1986, and May 2, 1986,         
          filing dates of United Kingdom Applications 8,518,999, 8,520,069,           
          8,610,063, and 8,610,862, respectively.                                     
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