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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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13                                                   

                                       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. 96-1781                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/389,5211                                                                          
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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 13 and 14 and refusal to allow claims 11 and 12 as                                                                              


                          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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