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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                                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11                                                                                              
                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
                                                     ____________                                                       
                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
                                                     ____________                                                       
                             Ex parte TED G. LAUTZENHEISER, THOMAS K. AUSTIN,                                           
                                               and THOMAS R. PETERS                                                     
                                                     ____________                                                       
                                                 Appeal No. 2001-1007                                                   
                                               Application No. 08/937,025                                               
                                                     ____________                                                       
                                                       ON BRIEF                                                         
                                                     ____________                                                       
              Before HAIRSTON, DIXON, and SAADAT, 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, 7, 24,               
              31, 39, and 45.  Claims 2-6, 8-14, 25-30, 40-44 and 46 and have been objected to by                       
              the examiner as being allowable if rewritten in independent form.  Claims 15-23 and 32-                   
              38 have been indicated by the examiner as allowable.                                                      


                     We REVERSE.                                                                                        








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