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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           for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HARRY S. MAY                                 
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                                   Appeal No. 99-0622                                  
                              Application No. 08/637,7171                              
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                                        ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before ABRAMS, NASE, 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 25 through 39 and 41 through 55, which are               
          all of the claims pending in this application.   The examiner2                             


               1National stage application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of international      
          Application PCT/GB94/02719, filed December 13, 1994, which claims priority   
          under 35 U.S.C. §§  119(a) and 365(b) based on United Kingdom Application    
          9325508.1, filed December 14, 1993.                                          
               2Claim 40 was canceled and claims 42 and 52 were amended in the         
          amendment after final filed June 12, 1998 with the appeal brief.             





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