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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                                           (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30                                          

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                              
                                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                              
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                                                                        Ex parte AJAY K. GARG                                                                                          
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                                                                           Appeal No. 1996-2857                                                                                        
                                                                         Application 08/191,7371                                                                                       
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                                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                                            
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                     Before METZ, WARREN and SPIEGEL, 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 5 through 8 and 15, and refusing to allow claims 9 through 13 as amended subsequent to the                                                                 
                     final rejection, 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 February 4, 1994. According to appellant, this application is a                                                                     
                     continuation of application 07/831,588, filed February 5, 1992, now abandoned.                                                                                    
                     2See amendment of February 4, 1994 (Paper No. 15); amendment of June 15, 1994 (Paper     No.                                                                      
                     17); and amendment of December 2, 1994 (Paper No. 19).                                                                                                            
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