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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              today was not written for publication and is not binding                
                               precedent of the Board.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. 20              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                    _____________                                     
                               Ex parte MARK HILLIS,                                  
                                 CLIFFORD R. PERRY,                                   
                                        and                                           
                                  CHERYL M. REILAND                                   
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1999-0402                                  
                             Application No. 08/567,385                               
                                   ______________                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    

          Before McCandlish, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and                  
          COHEN  and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges.                             
          STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final              
          rejection of claims 8, 14, 18-20, 22-25 and 28.  Claims 26 and              
          27, the only other claims remaining in the application, have                
          been allowed.                                                               


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