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                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                
                The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1)                                                                
                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                               
                                                                                           Paper No. 32                                       

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                   Ex parte JOACHIM GRIFKA                                                                    
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-2454                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/052,7371                                                                   
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                                                     HEARD:  March 2, 1998                                                                    
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                Before CALVERT, ABRAMS and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                             
                ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally                                                          
                rejecting claims 1 through 6 and 8 through 20, which constitute                                                               
                all of the claims of record in the application.                                2                                              



                         1Application for patent filed April 27, 1993.                                                                        
                         2Paper No. 7 erroneously states that claims 1 through 20 are                                                         
                finally rejected.  The Examiner’s Answer (Paper No. 18) is                                                                    
                correct, however.                                                                                                             
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