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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           for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                                Ex parte JOHN W. REISCH                               
                                  RICHARD J. FEEGEL,                                  
                                  and CURTIS P. SMITH                                 
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-1991                                 
                              Application No. 08/376,270                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before WARREN, OWENS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1 through 6 and 8 through 21, which are                 
          all of the claims pending in this application.                              
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               At the outset, we note that the present application was                
          filed as a continuation-in-part of U.S. application No.                     
          08/265,369, which parent application was filed on June 24,                  






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