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                    FURTHER ORDERED that, on the record before the Board                
          of Patent Appeals and Interferences, junior party ROLF L.                     
          GEERTS, TARA G. HILL, and SCOTT E. KUFELD is entitled to a                    
          patent containing claims 9, 15, 27-33, 35 and 37-40                           
          (corresponding to Count 1) of application 08/373,129, filed                   
          January 17, 1995.                                                             

                    FURTHER ORDERED that senior party FRANZ LANGHAUSER,                 
          MARTIN LUX, ROLF MUELHAUPT, and DAVID FISCHER is not entitled                 
          to a patent containing claims 1-5 (corresponding to Count 1)                  
          of U.S. Patent 5,457,171, issued October 10, 1995, based on                   
          application 08/284,441, filed August 3, 1994.                                 

                    FURTHER ORDERED that if there is a settlement                       
          agreement, attention is directed to 35 U.S.C. § 135(c) and                    
          37 CFR § 1.661.                                                               





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          FRED E. McKELVEY, Senior      )                                               
          Administrative Patent Judge   )                                               
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          RICHARD E. SCHAFER            ) BOARD OF PATENT                               
          Administrative Patent Judge   )  APPEALS AND                                  
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