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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 11              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte STUART R. BALL                                
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                                Appeal No. 1998-0752                                  
                               Application 08/389,096                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KRASS, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-4 and 8-12.  Claims 1-4 and 8-17 are pending in the                
          application; claims 13-17 have been allowed.                                
               The invention relates to methods for recognition of                    
          printed characters, particularly magnetically scanable                      
          characters on bank documents.  In one embodiment of the                     

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