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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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                             Ex parte MATTHEW J. COLLINS                               
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-3087                                  
                               Application 08/541,5191                                 
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                                HEARD: August 4, 1999                                  
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          Before MEISTER, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                      
          STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final               
          rejection of claims 1, 2, 4 and 5, all the claims currently                  
          pending in the application.                                                  

               1Application for patent filed October 10, 1995.                         
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