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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          for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                             Ex parte MELVIN W. MERMELL                               
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                                 Appeal No. 97-4205                                   
                               Application 08/562,8531                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before MEISTER, ABRAMS and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Melvin W. Mermell (the appellant) appeals from the final               
          rejection of claims 1-12, the only claims present in the                    
          application.2                                                               
               WE REVERSE.                                                            



               1Application for patent filed November 27, 1995.                       
               2Claims 1 and 12 have been amended subsequent to final rejection.      
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