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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                     journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                                            

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                                               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 P. ATKINS, DAVID M. WILLIAMS                                                                                        
                                                                        and DENNIS M. PRYOR                                                                                            
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                                                                           Appeal No. 1996-4118                                                                                        
                                                                         Application 08/084,2551                                                                                       
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                                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                                            
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                     Before KRASS, FLEMING and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                     

                     FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                             


                                                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                              

                                This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2 and 5 through 32, all of the                                                      

                     claims pending in the present application.  Claims 3 and 4 have been canceled.                                                                                    



                                1Application for patent filed July 7, 1993.  According to Appellants, this application is a                                                            
                     National Stage application under 35 U.S.C. 371 of PCT/GB92/00027, filed January 7, 1992.                                                                          
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