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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                           journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19                                                             

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                          
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                                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                          
                                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                                            
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                                Ex parte RANDAL G. MCKINNEY and FRANKLIN J. DAVIS                                                                         
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                                                            Appeal No. 99-1962                                                                            
                                                        Application 08/671,4631                                                                           
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                                                                     ON BRIEF                                                                             
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                  Before STAAB, NASE and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                          
                  STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     


                                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                            
                           This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final                                                                      
                  rejection of claims 1-3, 6-8 and 11-13.  Claims 4, 5, 9, 10,                                                                            
                  14 and 15, the only other claims remaining in the application,                                                                          



                           1Application for patent filed June 27, 1996.                                                                                   
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