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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                                               not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36            

                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                              
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                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                      
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              Ex parte DAVID C. MAY, SITHYA S. KHIEU, CRISTINA U. THOMAS, WARREN J. JOHNSON,                           
                                     RONALD W. GERDES and DAVID J. LANDON                                              
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                                                  Appeal No. 1999-0941                                                 
                                               Application No. 08/756,4241                                             
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                        
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              Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                            
              BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                       




                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                     

                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 31-44, 49 and 50.  The   

              examiner has indicated claims 64-67 as allowable and has objected to claims 45-48 as being               



                     Application for patent filed November 26, 1996.   According to appellants, the application is a continuation1                                                                                                
              of application No. 08/445,285, filed May 19, 1995, now abandoned.                                        





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