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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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                      Ex parte PETER J. FERNHOLZ, SANDRA WITT,                        
                       HANS-PETER KOEHLER, WOLFGANG PREIBSCH,                         
                         HORST PRUEHS and KARL-HEINZ ROGMANN                          
                                    _____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 96-2059                                   
                               Application 08/182,8691                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    

          Before SOFOCLEOUS, KIMLIN, and JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative                
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                 

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final           
          rejection of claims 1-21. Subsequent to final rejection, claim 4            

               1 Application for patent filed January 14, 1994.  According            
          to applicants, the application is a continuation-in-part of                 
          Application 08/057,728, filed May 5, 1993.                                  
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