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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                                            publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JAMES S. BASS                                                                                              
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                                                                      Appeal No. 2000-2108                                                                                             
                                                               Application No. 09/075,943                                                                                              
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                                                                                  ON BRIEF                                                                                             
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                     Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent                                                                                                        
                     Judges.                                                                                                                                                           
                     FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                           

                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             
                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                                                            
                     rejection of claims 2 and 4 through 18, all of the claims                                                                                                         
                     remaining in this application.   Claims 1 and 3 have been        1                                                                                                


                                1Minor amendments were made to claims 2 and 17 subsequent                                                                                              
                     to the final rejection in a paper filed February 22, 2000                                                                                                         
                     (Paper No. 9).                                                                                                                                                    
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