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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 18              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                Ex parte WILLIAM L. SCHAEFER and LEROY J. BEALER, JR.                 
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                                Appeal No. 1998-0801                                  
                             Application No. 08/557,979                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   


               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 11 and 13 through 16, which are all of the              
          claims remaining in this application.  Claims 1 through 10 and              


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