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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                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31                                 
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                       
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                        
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                          
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                                                         Ex parte VASEEM FIRDAUS                                                                       
                                                       and PRADEEP P. SHIRODKAR                                                                        
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                                                               Appeal No. 95-0706                                                                      
                                                             Application 07/820,4611                                                                   
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                           
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                 Before GARRIS, WEIFFENBACH and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                  
                 WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  
                                                       Decision on Appeal and Opinion                                                                  
                                   This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally                                   
                 rejecting claims 15, 17 through 22, 24 through 32, 35, 36 and 43 through 48. 2  Claims 1, 8, 16,                                      
                 23, 33, 34 and 37 through 42 are also of record and have been withdrawn from consideration by                                         
                 the examiner as being directed to a nonelected invention.                                                                             
                          We have carefully considered the record before us, and based thereon, find that we cannot                                    
                 sustain either of the grounds of rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (answer, Paper No. 15, pages 3-5).                                   


                                                                                                                                                      
                 1  Application for patent filed January 14, 1992.                                                                                     
                 2  See, e.g., the amendment of June 5, 1992 (Paper No. 4).                                                                            

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