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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               today was not written for publication and is not                       
               binding precedent of the Board.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. 15                   
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                  ________________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                  ________________                                    
            Ex parte JOSEPH EDWARD PIEL, JR., ROBERT STEPHEN LEWANDOWSKI              
                               and BRADY ANDREW JONES                                 
                                  ________________                                    
                                Appeal No. 2001-0018                                  
                               Application 08/998,559                                 
                                  ________________                                    
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                  ________________                                    
          Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent             
          Judges.                                                                     
          JERRY 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 6-12, which constitute              
          all the claims remaining in the application.  An amendment after            
          final rejection was filed on October 7, 1999 and was entered by             
          the examiner.                                                               

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