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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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 42                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                          Ex parte TED Y. TSAI                                                                          
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                                                          Appeal No. 1996-0647                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 07/871,4011                                                                         
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                     HEARD: September 16, 1999                                                                          
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                 Before PAK, WARREN, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                           
                 WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    


                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                                                     
                          This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                                                                              
                 examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 8, which are                                                                            
                 the only claims in this application.                                                                                                   

                          1Application for patent filed June 25, 1992.  According                                                                       
                 to appellant, the application is a continuation of Application                                                                         
                 No. 07/567,409, filed August 14, 1990, now abandoned, which is                                                                         
                 a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/348,606, filed                                                                            
                 May 5, 1989, now U.S. Patent No. 4,959,124 issued September                                                                            
                 25, 1990.                                                                                                                              





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