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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              publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18                       

                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                                           Ex parte CLYDE N. RICHARDS                                                  
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                                                 Appeal No. 98-0956                                                    
                                              Application 08/385,3311                                                  
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                                                HEARD: May 3, 1999                                                     
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              Before COHEN, ABRAMS and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges.                                            
              STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      

                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       
                     This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims                     
              1, 3 to 8 and 10 to 23.  No other claims are currently pending.                                          
                     “The present invention concerns devices for producing liquid droplets having large                
              quantities of electric charge, which charged droplets are useful in gas cleaning machines                


                     1Application for patent filed February 8, 1995.                                                   
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