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                          THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                 
          The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication
          in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.              
                                                                   Paper No. 16        
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                  __________________                                   
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                            
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                  __________________                                   
                             Ex parte JAMES E. DONALDSON                               
                                  __________________                                   
                                 Appeal No. 1998-0595                                  
                               Application 08/461,8061                                 
                                   ________________                                    
                                       ON BRIEF                                        
                                   ________________                                    
          Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, LEE and                 
          SCHAFER, Administrative Patent Judges.                                       
          LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                            
                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from                 
          the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-4 and 9.  Claims 5-8, 10                
          and 11 have been canceled.  No claim has been allowed.                       
                         References relied on by the Examiner                          
          Lewis et al.        5,438,464                      August 1, 1995            
          (Lewis)                             filed April 23, 1993                     




               1                                                                       
                    Application for patent filed June 5, 1995.  According to the appellant,
          this is a divisional application of application 08/119,915, filed September 10, 1993,
          now issued as patent No. 5,491,593, granted February 13, 1996.               





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