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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                 not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                                    
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                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                        Ex parte JOHN B. GEROW                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-0555                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/156,7411                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before MEISTER, ABRAMS and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner                                                                           
                 finally rejecting claims 1 and 3-9, which constituted all of                                                                           
                 the claims of record in the application at that time.   Since                                  2                                       

                          1Application for patent filed November 24, 1993.                                                                              
                          2Paper No. 5, the final rejection, erroneously indicates                                                                      
                 that claim 2 was included in the rejection.  However, claim 2                                                                          
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