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                 The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not                                  
                 binding precedent of the Board.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 DOUGLAS N. MASHBURN                                                                        
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                                                              Appeal No. 1998-1068                                                                      
                                                          Application No. 08/472,8331                                                                   
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                                                                     ON BRIEF                                                                           
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                 Before KIMLIN, WALTZ, and TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                       

                 TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  


                                                                Decision on Appeal                                                                      

                          This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow                                                  

                 claims 19 and 29-34.  We reverse the examiner’s rejection.                                                                             






                          1Application for patent filed on June 7, 1995.  According to appellant, this application is a                                 
                 divisional application of U.S. Application Serial No. 08/278,212 which was filed on July 21, 1994.                                     





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