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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                              journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 10                                                                     

                                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                      
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                                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                      
                                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                      
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                                             Ex parte ARVIND PATEL, WILLIAM R. LENZ,                                                                                       
                                  KEN GRAMBLEY, JACK J. SCHAFER, DANIEL M. PRESCOTT,                                                                                       
                                                      GLEN ELLYN and CHARLES T. WALSH                                                                                      
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                                                                   Appeal No. 97-3682                                                                                      
                                                              Application 08/491,4581                                                                                      
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                                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                                      
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                    Before CALVERT, STAAB and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                          
                    STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                    


                                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                      
                              This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of                                                                                  
                    claims 4, 7, 9, 15 and 16, all the claims currently pending in                                                                                         
                    the application.                                                                                                                                       

                              1Application for patent filed June 16, 1995.  According to                                                                                   
                    appellants, the application is a continuation-in-part of                                                                                               
                    Application 08/241,383, filed, May 11, 1994, now U. S. Patent No.                                                                                      
                    5,453,028, issued September 26, 1995.                                                                                                                  
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