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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                        written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOHN E. SIMS, DAVID J. COSMAN,                                            
                     STEPHEN D. LUPTON, BRUCE A. MOSLEY, and STEVEN K. DOWER                                          
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                                               Appeal No. 1999-1430                                                   
                                             Application No. 08/441,893                                               
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                         
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                 Before, WILLIAM F. SMITH, ADAMS, and MILLS Administrative Patent Judges.                             
                 ADAMS, 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 16 and 23-25, which are all the claims pending in the                            
                 application.                                                                                         













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