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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               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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                       
                                  ________________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                  ________________                                    
                  Ex parte V.N. MALLIKARJUNA RAO, FRANK J. WEIGERT                    
                                 and CARL G. KRESPAN                                  
                                  ________________                                    
                                 Appeal No. 1996-0683                                 
                               Application 08/116,938                                 
                                  ________________                                    
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                  ________________                                    
          Before PAK, WALTZ and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                  
          PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                           


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final              
          rejection of claims 1 and 7.  Claims 2 through 6 and 8 through              
          24 stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being              
          directed to a non-elected invention.  See the final Office                  
          action dated December 8, 1994 (Paper No. 10).                               
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