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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                 publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18                                 

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                     Ex parte JAMES P. SHEAHAN                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 98-1199                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/380,1121                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                                                                               
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           

                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claim 29.                                                                       
                 Claims 7 through 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 26 and 28, the only                                                                           
                 other claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn                                                                             
                 from further consideration by the examiner, as being drawn to                                                                          


                          1    Application filed January 30, 1995.  According to appellant, the application                                             
                 is a continuation of 08/027,382, filed March 8, 1993, now abandoned.                                                                   
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