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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 14              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte ANATOLE J. SIPIN                               
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                                Appeal No. 2000-1219                                  
                             Application No. 08/905,910                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before PATE, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claim 12.                
          Claim 11, the only other pending claim, has been allowed.                   
               The claimed invention is directed to a continuous fluid                
          injection pump for pumping purge liquid to lubricate the                    
          bearings and protect the rotating seals of an implanted rotary              
          blood pump.  The invention is characterized by a pumping                    
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