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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                                           (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROBERT BABROWICZ                                                                                            
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                                                                           Appeal No. 1996-4036                                                                                        
                                                                         Application 08/078,4791                                                                                       
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                                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                                            
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                     Before JOHN D. SMITH, 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 1 through 26, 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                                                              
                     sustain either of the grounds of rejection of claims 1 through 26 under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102(a) or 102(b)                                                             


                     1Application for patent filed June 22, 1993. According to appellant, this application is a continuation-                                                          
                     in-part of application 07/907,725, filed July 2, 1992, now abandoned.                                                                                             
                     2See specification, pages 20-23, the amendment of March 24, 1994 (Paper No. 5) and the                                                                            
                     amendment of September 12, 1994 (Paper No. 7).                                                                                                                    
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