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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                                           (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                                  
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                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                              
                                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                              
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                                                                   Ex parte JIMMIE B. LAWSON,                                                                                          
                                                      ROBERT J. FAIRCLOTH and GEORGE M. IKEN                                                                                           
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                                                                           Appeal No. 1996-2400                                                                                        
                                                                         Application 08/245,1451                                                                                       
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                                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                                            
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                     Before WARREN, OWENS and WALTZ, 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 finally rejecting                                                            
                     claims 14 through 16 and 18, which are all of the claims in the application.2                                                                                     
                                We have carefully considered the record before us, and based thereon find that we cannot                                                               



                     1Application for patent filed May 16, 1994. According to appellants, this application is a division of                                                            
                     application 08/014,585, filed February 8, 1993, now United States Patent 5,346,009, issued                                                                        
                     September 13, 1994.                                                                                                                                               
                     2See the amendment of September 26, 1994 (Paper No. 6) and specification, pages 15-16.                                                                            
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