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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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                               Ex parte CECIL O. MORSE                                 
                                  and HAROLD S. NUTT                                   
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                                  Appeal No. 99-0196                                   
                               Application 08/270,7421                                 
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                                       ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, FRANKFORT and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                      
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Cecil O. Morse et al. appeal from the final rejection of                
          claims 1 through 5, 10 and 11, all of the claims pending in                  
          the application.  We reverse.                                                
               The invention relates to a method for retrofitting a                    

               1Application for patent filed July 5, 1994.                             
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