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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        written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 PAUL G. CHEESEMAN                               
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                                Appeal No. 1998-2558                                  
                             Application No. 08/744,894                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KIMLIN, DELMENDO, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative               
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from             
          the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 and 3 through 11,                
          which are the only claims pending in the subject application.               
               The subject matter on appeal relates to a battery assembly             
          comprising: a particular tubular, plastic, sleeve-shaped                    
          housing; at least one particular individual self-contained                  
          electrochemical cell positioned within the housing; and                     
          particular end caps closing the ends of the tubular housing.                






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