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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           for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte KENT H. FORSLAND                              
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                                 Appeal No. 1999-0611                                 
                              Application No. 08/814,2721                             
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before ABRAMS, STAAB and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1 through 30, which are all of the claims               
          pending in this application.  Claims 5, 12, 15, 19, 24 and 27               
          were amended after the final rejection in Paper No. 10.                     
               We AFFIRM.                                                             


               1Application for patent filed March 10, 1997.  According to the        
          appellant, this application is a continuation-in-part of Application No.    
          08/601,777, filed February 15, 1996, now abandoned, Application No.         
          29/040,278, filed June 14, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. D 378,421, and Application
          No. 29/055,656, filed June 10, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. D 397,447.           





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