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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                                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16                                                                                             
                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                               
                                                     ____________                                                      
                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                 
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                      
                                                     ____________                                                      
                               Ex parte WAYNE ISAMI IMAINO, ANTHONY JULIANA,                                           
                                    MILTON RUSSELL LATTA, CHARLES H. LEE,                                              
                                       WAI CHEUNG LEUNG, HAL J. ROSEN,                                                 
                                   STEVEN MEEKS, and RICHARD SONNENFELD                                                
                                                     ____________                                                      
                                                 Appeal No. 2001-0864                                                  
                                              Application No. 08/841,214                                               
                                                     ____________                                                      
                                                       ON BRIEF                                                        
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              Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                      
              DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      


                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                     
                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-8, 10-               
              18 and 20.  Claims 9 and 19 have been indicated by the examiner to be allowable if                       
              rewritten in independent form.                                                                           


                     We REVERSE.                                                                                       









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