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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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15                                                   

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                Ex parte DAVID J. ST. CLAIR and JAMES R. ERICKSON                                                                       
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-1720                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/389,5201                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before WINTERS, JOHN D. SMITH and OWENS, Administrative Patent                                                                         
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of                                                                      
                 claims 2-5 and 15-25, which are all of the claims remaining in                                                                         



                          1Application for patent filed February 16, 1995.                                                                              
                 According to appellants, the application is a division of                                                                              
                 Application 08/262,818, filed June 21, 1994.                                                                                           
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