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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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WILLIAM A. WEST                                
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                                Appeal No. 1999-1785                                  
                               Application 08/512,656                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   


               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal               
          to allow claims 11, 12, 15 and 17 through 20 as amended                     
          subsequent to the final rejection in a paper filed October 14,              

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