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                            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             

                                                                                      Paper No. 21                         

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                   
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                          
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                                   Ex parte IAN G. BRIDGES, DONALD GRIERSON                                                
                                             and WOLFGANG W. SCHUCH                                                        
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                                                 Appeal No. 1996-1027                                                      
                                                 Application 08/162,288                                                    
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                   
              LORIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                          

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                         
                     In accordance with the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 13, mailed November 1, 1995),                     
              this is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 4, 17-19 and 21-24,               
              all the claims pending in the application. On consideration of the record, we reverse  the                   
              examiner's decision rejecting these claims under 35 U.S.C. § 112 and         35 U.S.C. § 103.                



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