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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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                                Ex parte ERIC A. VOIT                                 
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                                Appeal No. 1998-0015                                  
                                Application 08/388,058                                
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                                HEARD: APRIL 18, 2000                                 
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          Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and GROSS, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims                   
          1 through 36.  After submission of the brief, the examiner                  
          allowed claims 9 through 19 and 32 through 36.  Accordingly,                
          claims 1 through 8 and 20 through 31 remain before us on                    
          appeal.                                                                     
               The disclosed invention relates to a system in which                   
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