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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           not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                               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.                                                                                
                                                                       Paper No. 27                  

                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                  
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                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                     
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                            
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                                   Ex parte PAUL M. CUMMINGS                                         
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                                      Appeal No. 1997-3243                                           
                                     Application 08/290,093                                          
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                                             ON BRIEF                                                
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           Before JOHN D. SMITH, OWENS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent                             
           Judges.                                                                                   
           OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                       

                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                            
                 This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of                            
           claims 10, 13-18 and 20.  Claims 1-9 and 11, which are all of                             
           the other claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn                            
           from consideration by the examiner as being directed toward a                             

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