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                            The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written                                                              
                                         for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 LEON W. TERSTAPPEN and CHIA-HUEI CHEN                                                                              
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                                                                 Appeal No. 1997-2391                                                                               
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                                                                Application 08/239,265                                                                              
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                                                                          ON BRIEF                                                                                  
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                   Before ROBINSON, SPIEGEL and SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                             
                   SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                           

                                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                  
                            This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims            1                                                 
                   through 13, 15 and 16, all the claims remaining in the application.                                                                              


                            Claims 1, 5, 6 and 8 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and read as                                                     
                   follows:                                                                                                                                         

                            1Application for patent filed May 6, 1994.  According to appellants, this application                                                   
                   is a continuation of Application 07/823,911, filed January 22, 1992,         now abandoned.                                                      
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