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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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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              Ex parte JOHANNES A.M. KEMP, HOK K. TANG and PETER MEYER                
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                                Appeal No. 1999-2797                                  
                               Application 08/609,875                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before RUGGIERO, LALL and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 1-7, 9, and 10.  Claim 8 has been indicated by the                   
          Examiner to contain allowable subject matter.  An amendment filed           
          November 25, 1998, which did not amend the claims, was approved             
          for entry by the Examiner.                                                  
               The claimed invention relates to a handheld control device             
          which includes first and second manual control members and a                
          display screen.  Operation of the device is switched from a                 









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