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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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
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                                                            Paper No. 27              

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                                                                     

                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     

                                Ex parte ANDREW WELCH                                 
                                 and STEPHAN SCHAEM                                   
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2001-0177                                  
                               Application 08/731,1221                                
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT, and DIXON, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the            
          final rejection of claims 1-3, 5-7, 9, and 10.                              
               We reverse.                                                            

          1  Application for patent filed October 9, 1996, entitled                   
          "Method and Apparatus for Determining the Location of a                     
          Reflective Object Within a Video Field," which is a continuation            
          of Application 08/303,063, filed September 8, 1994, now                     
          abandoned.                                                                  
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