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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                     publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                                                              
                                                                                 __________                                                                                            
                                                                             STEVEN GILLIS                                                                                             
                                                                                Junior Party1                                                                                          

                                                                                          v.                                                                                           
                                                         RONALD HOFFMAN and JOHN BRANDT                                                                                                
                                                                                Senior Party2                                                                                          
                                                                                 __________                                                                                            
                                                                 Patent Interference No. 103,853                                                                                       
                                                                                ___________                                                                                            
                     Before URYNOWICZ, SOFOCLEOUS and DOWNEY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                            



                                1 Application 07/765,844, filed September 26, 1991, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                                
                     5,199,942, granted April 6, 1993.                                                                                                                                 
                                2 Application 08/226,513, filed March 31, 1994.                                                                                                        
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