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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                                         for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35                                     
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                  
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                                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                  
                                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                   
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                                                            Ex parte PAUL R. SCHIMMEL                                                                               
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                                                                 Appeal No. 1997-32421                                                                              
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                                                             Application No. 07/929,834                                                                             
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                                                               HEARD: February 6, 2001                                                                              
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                   Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                       
                   SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                           
                                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                  
                            This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final                                                            
                   rejection of claims 1 through 14, all of the claims in the application.                                                                          


                            1As a preliminary matter, we note that this appeal is related to an appeal in                                                           
                   application serial no. 08/249,689 (Appeal No. 1997-2396).  We have considered the two                                                            
                   appeals together.                                                                                                                                
                            2Application for patent filed August 14, 1992  According to appellant, this                                                             
                   application is a continuation-in-part of application serial no. 07/586,534, filed September                                                      
                   21, 1990, now abandoned.                                                                                                                         
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