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                                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                      
             The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and
             (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                               

                                                                                   Paper No. 27                       


                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
                                                  _____________                                                       
                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
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                                          Ex parte RICHARD E. ECKELS                                                  
                                               and CARL H. KNAPKE                                                     
                                                  _____________                                                       
                                               Appeal No. 1999-1803                                                   
                                               Application 08/968,845                                                 
                                                 ______________                                                       
                                             HEARD:   10 October 2001                                                 
                                                 _______________                                                      

             Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO and LEVY , Administrative Patent Judges.                                    
             SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      

                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      

             This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s                               
             rejection of claims 1-18, which constitute all the claims in the application.                            
             The disclosed invention pertains to the protection of a terminal assembly for a                          
             compressor having a shell.                                                                               

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