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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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                   

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                   _______________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                   _______________                                     
                              Ex parte MICHAEL STEINMETZ                               
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                                  Appeal No. 95-4846                                   
                              Application 08/023,5921                                  
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                                   ON BRIEF                                            
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          Before JOHN D. SMITH, WEIFFENBACH and WALTZ, Administrative                  
          Patent Judges.                                                               
          WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          



           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                          
               This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s             
          refusal to allow claims 14 through 16, as amended after the final            
          rejection.  The amendment after final rejection dated March 27,              
          1995 (Paper No. 10) was refused entry by the examiner while the              

               Application for patent filed February 26, 1993.  According to1                                                                      
          applicant, this application is a division of Application 07/642,522,         
          filed January 17, 1991, now Patent No. 5,201,635 issued April 13, 1993.      
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