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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              in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28                  

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                     
                                                       __________                                                            
                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                       
                                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                                           
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                           Ex parte RICCARDO BALLONI, MICHAEL T. HEFFELFINGER,                                               
                                       MARK W. LOCKHART, ROBERT G. PEET                                                      
                                                and EILEEN A. STETTER                                                        
                                                       __________                                                            
                                                   Appeal No. 96-3690                                                        
                                                 Application 08/2345161                                                      
                                                      ___________                                                            
                                                        ON BRIEF                                                             
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              Before JOHN D. SMITH, WEIFFENBACH and ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                     

              WEIFFENBACH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      

                                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                          

                      This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection                 
              of claims 14-19, which are all of the claims remaining in the application.  We affirm.                         
                                              The Claimed Subject Matter                                                     


                      Application for patent filed April 28, 1994.  According to appellants, the application is a continuation1                                                                                                     
              of Application 07/947,231 filed September 18, 1992, now abandoned.                                             
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