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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                (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20                              

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                   Ex parte ANDREW G. PAPAY                                                                   
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-0306                                                                    
                                                    Application 07/709,3691                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before GARRIS, PAK, and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                 
                GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          
                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 1                                                              
                through 25 and 33 through 48.   The only other claims in the2                                                                            


                         1Application for patent filed June 3, 1991.                                                                          
                         2We observe that the claim amendment filed subsequent to                                                             
                the final rejection on August 22, 1994 (Paper No. 13) has not                                                                 
                been clerically entered notwithstanding the examiner's                                                                        
                authorization thereof in the advisory action mailed August 26,                                                                
                1994 (Paper No. 14).                                                                                                          
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