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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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 THOMAS D. HAUK                               
                                   ______________                                    
                                 Appeal No. 96-3463                                  
                              Application 08/514,8351                                
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                                   ON BRIEF                                          
                                   _______________                                   
          Before MEISTER, FRANKFORT and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                    
          MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                                                                                    
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                  

               Thomas D. Hauk (the appellant) appeals from the final                 
          rejection of claims 12, 14-18 and 20-25, the only claims                   
          remaining in the application.                                              
               We REVERSE.                                                           

               1Application for patent filed August 14, 1995.  According to          
          appellant, this application is a continuation of Application 08/337,948,   
          filed November 9, 1994, which is a division of Application 08/067,216,     
          filed May 26, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,386,746, issued February 7, 1995.

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