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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               law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35                                    

                                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                           
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                                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                            
                                                     AND INTERFERENCES                                                                 
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                                   Ex parte BARBARA H. WELLS, HARRISON R. HAKES,                                                       
                                          DAVID J. MAYONADO and JOHN P. CHUPP                                                          
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                                                        Appeal No. 95-1189                                                             
                                                    Application No. 07/800,4711                                                        
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                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                  
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               Before KIMLIN, SCHAFER and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                         
               SCHAFER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                   

                                                     DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                

                       Applicants appeal from a primary examiner’s rejection of claims 35, 38 - 40, 61, 64 - 66, 76,                   
               and 82 - 86, all the claims remaining in the application.                                                               
                       We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.                                                                     
                       The examiner rejects all claims over the combination of the teachings of the following                          
               references:                                                                                                             

                       1        Application for patent filed December 6, 1991.  According to applicants, this application is a         
               continuation-in-part of Application 07/626,128, filed December 11, 1990, now abandoned.                                 





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