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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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                                       

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                   Ex parte PAUL H. HORTON                                                                    
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                                                        Appeal No. 95-4852                                                                    
                                                   Application 08/224,0901                                                                    
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before COHEN, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                
                McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                         

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 20 through                                                         
                22.   Claims 2 through 6, 8 through 12 and 15 through 19 stand2                                                                                                                        
                allowed.  Claim 23 has been indicated as containing allowable                                                                 
                subject matter but stands objected to as depending from a                                                                     

                         1Application for patent filed April 5, 1994.  According to                                                           
                appellant, the application is a continuation of Application                                                                   
                08/017,549, filed February 16, 1993, now abandoned.                                                                           
                         2Claim 20 has been amended subsequent to final rejection.                                                            
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