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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                                          and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26              
                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
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                                              Ex parte FRANK M. LA DUCA                                                  
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                                                 Appeal No. 1996-1811                                                    
                                               Application No. 08/169,9681                                               
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                         
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              Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges.                               
              SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      





                                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      
                     This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final                        
              rejection of claims 1 through 24, which are all of the claims pending in this application.                 
              Claims 1, 14 and 20 are illustrative and are attached as an appendix to this decision.                     


                     1Application for patent filed December 17, 1993.  According to appellant, this application is a     
              continuation of Application 07/978,190 filed November 18, 1992, now abandoned, which is a continuation of  
              Application 07/758,741 filed September 12, 1991, now abandoned, which is a divisional of Application       
              07/583,164 filed September 17, 1990, now U.S. Patent 5,089,415, issued February 18, 1992.                  





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