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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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte RONALD D. MOFFITT                               
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                                Appeal No. 1996-3817                                  
                               Application 08/180,521                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-5,              
          7 and 8, all the claims remaining in the present application.               
               Claim 1 is illustrative:                                               
               1.  A protective multi-layer biaxially heat-                           
               shrinkable patch in combination with a biaxially                       
               heat shrinkable bag, said patch comprising:                            
                    (a) a first outer non-foamed polymeric layer,                     
                    (b)an inner foamed polymeric layer, and                           






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