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             The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
             for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.

                                                                 Paper No. 30         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                           Ex parte DAVID K. SWANSON et al.                           
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                                 Appeal No. 2000-0324                                 
                              Application No. 08/763,874                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before McQUADE, NASE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                     
          NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 31-41, 44-49 and 56-61.  Claims 43 and 50-              
          55 are allowed.  Claim 42 has been objected to as depending                 
          from a non-allowed claim.  Claims 1-30 have been canceled.                  


               We REVERSE.                                                            







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