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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                     (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19                                          

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                              
                                                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                             
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                                                                     Ex parte IAN D. MORRISON,                                                                                         
                                                             JOHN F. OLIVER, JAMES R. LARSON,                                                                                          
                                              EDWARD ANCZUROWSKI and ANTHONY M. WALLACE                                                                                                
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                                                                            Appeal No. 95-3988                                                                                         
                                                                         Application 07/986,3161                                                                                       
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                                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                                            
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                     Before GARRIS, WARREN and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                    

                     WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                              
                                                                             Decision on Appeal                                                                                        
                                This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting                                                            
                     claims 1 through 14, 17, 18, 20, 25 through 42, 44 through 60, 62, 63, 79 through 83, 88 and 90 and                                                               
                     refusing to allow 84 through 87, 89 and 91 as amended subsequent to the final rejection.  After the filing                                                        
                     of appellants’ principal brief, the examiner held claims 84 through 86 and 91 to be allowed and                                                                   
                     objected to claims 49 through 60, 62 and 63 as being dependent upon a rejected base claim (answer,                                                                


                     1Application for patent filed December 4, 1992.                                                                                                                   
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