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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                                           (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34                                          

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                              
                                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                              
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                                                            Ex parte GREGORY J. RUSSELL-JONES                                                                                          
                                                                   and STEVEN W. WESTWOOD                                                                                              
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                                                                           Appeal No. 1996-1273                                                                                        
                                                                         Application 07/956,0031                                                                                       
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                                                                        HEARD: October 5, 1999                                                                                         
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                     Before PAK, WARREN and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                   

                     WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                              
                                                                   Decision on Appeal and Opinion                                                                                      
                                This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow                                                            
                     claims 3, 4, 14 through 21 and 25 through 29 as amended subsequent to the final rejection.2                                                                       
                                We have carefully considered the record before us, and based thereon, find that we cannot                                                              



                     1Application for patent filed November 30, 1992.                                                                                                                  
                     2See specification pages 29-30, the amendment of August 17, 1994 (Paper No. 12) and the                                                                           
                     amendment of June 12, 1995 (Paper No. 20).  The latter amendment further canceled claims 8 through                                                                
                     10, 30 and 31 which were finally rejected on October 19, 1994 (Paper No. 13).                                                                                     
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