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                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      

               The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not     
               written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent  
               of the Board.                                                          
                                                                 Paper No. 12         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                                Ex parte RICHARD HOLMES                               
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-2770                                 
                              Application No. 08/329,994                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1 through 19, which are all of the claims               
          pending in this application.                                                
               Appellant's invention relates to a human/computer                      
          interface device for use with a computer system running a                   
          virtual reality software applications program.  The device                  






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