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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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte JAMES H. WILKINSON                              
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                                Appeal No. 1997-0896                                  
                              Application 08/141,610                                  
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                                   ON BRIEF                                           
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          Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT and HECKER, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                                                                     
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1 through 11, 13 through 27, 29 through 38, 40 through               
          46 and 48 through 52, all of the claims pending in the                      
          application.                                                                
               The invention relates to a data compression and                        

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