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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                                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25                                                                                           
                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                             
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                               
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                    
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                  Ex parte LARRY D.  KINSMAN, TIMOTHY J.  ALLEN, and JERRY M.  BROOKS                               
                                                   ____________                                                     
                                               Appeal No. 1999-2570                                                 
                                             Application No. 08/923,218                                             
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                       
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             Before KRASS, DIXON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                          
             DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                    



                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                   

             This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3, 4, 6-10,              
             31-34, and 36-40.  Claims 18-30 and 48-70 are withdrawn from consideration as drawn to                 
             a non-elected invention.  Claims 2, 5, 11-17, 35 and 41-47 have been canceled.                         


             We REVERSE.                                                                                            











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