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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                publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                              
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                                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                             
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                                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                              
                                                      AND INTERFERENCES                                                                  
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                                                Ex parte MICHAEL J. LYONS                                                                
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                                                    Appeal No. 1999-0945                                                                 
                                                  Application 08/786,6651                                                                
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                                                              ON BRIEF                                                                   
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                Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and GONZALES, Administrative Patent                                                              
                Judges.                                                                                                                  
                FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                  

                                                     DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                  
                        This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                           
                rejection of claims 3, 4, 11 and 12, which are all of the                                                                
                claims remaining in the application.  Claims 1, 2 and 5                                                                  
                through 10 have been canceled.                                                                                           




                        1   Application for patent filed January 21, 1997.  According to appellant, the                                  
                application is a continuation of Application 08/369,120, filed                                                           
                January 5, 1995, now abandoned.                                                                                          
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