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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                     Ex parte DAVID S. BREED, WILBUR E. DUVALL,                       
                                WENDELL C. JOHNSON,                                   
                                        and                                           
                               WILLIAM THOMAS SANDERS                                 
                                   _____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2001-1186                                  
                             Application No. 08/819,609                               
                                   ______________                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    

          Before RUGGIERO, DIXON, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 1-20, which are all of the claims pending in the present             
          application.  Amendments filed July 5, 2000 and July 27, 2000               
          after final rejection have been denied entry by the Examiner.               
               The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus              
          for measuring the volume of liquid in a fuel tank of a vehicle              
          using a combination of one or more load cells or fuel level                 






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