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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                                publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 48                        

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                                  Ex parte CRAIG S. CRIDDLE, MICHAEL DYBAS,                                               
                                                  and GREG TATARA                                                         
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                                                Appeal No. 1998-3388                                                      
                                                Application 08/370,5511                                                   
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before ROBINSON, SCHEINER, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                         
              ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      
                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                     This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final                     
              rejection of claims 1, 3, and 9 - 11, which are all of the claims pending in the                            
              application.                                                                                                


              Claims 1 and 11 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and read as follows:                       

                     1 This application is related to Application No. 08/474,539, filed June 7, 1995,                     
              which is the subject of Appeal No. 1998-0424, currently pending before the Board.  We                       
              have considered these two appeals together.                                                                 
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