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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                     publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 T. COMPTON                                                                                              
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                                                                        Appeal No. 96-3102                                                                                             
                                                                   Application 08/322,9711                                                                                             
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                                                                                  ON BRIEF                                                                                             
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                     Before MEISTER, FRANKFORT and NASE, Administrative Patent                                                                                                         
                     Judges.                                                                                                                                                           
                     MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                             

                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             
                                John T. Compton (the appellant) appeals from the final                                                                                                 
                     rejection of claims 1-3 and 5-12.   Claim 13, the only other           2                                                                                          

                     claim remaining in the application, stands allowed.                                                                                                               

                                1 Application for patent filed October 13, 1994. According to appellant, the                                                                           
                     application is a continuation of Application 07/968,952, filed October 29, 1992, now                                                                              
                     abandoned.                                                                                                                                                        
                                2   Claims 1, 6, 10 and 12 have been amended subsequent to final rejection.                                                                            
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