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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                              Ex parte THOMAS M. BEGGINS                              
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                                 Appeal No. 2001-1284                                 
                              Application No. 08/792,765                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before NASE, CRAWFORD, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               Claims 1 to 29 are pending and were rejected in the final              
          rejection (Paper No. 24, mailed March 24, 2000).1  No claim has             
          been canceled.  The appellant has limited the appeal to claims 1            
          to 23, 28 and 29 (brief, p. 1).  Accordingly, the appeal as to              
          claims 24 to 27 is dismissed.                                               

               We AFFIRM-IN-PART.                                                     


               1 Claim 1 was amended subsequent to the final rejection.               




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