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                               THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                            

                                           (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and                                    
                                                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                            

                                                                                              Paper No. 24                            

                                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                           
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                                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                            
                                                      AND INTERFERENCES                                                                
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                                                      Ex parte KEIJI TAMURA                                                            
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                                                       Appeal No. 1996-0111                                                            
                                                     Application No. 08/041,428                                                        
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                                                       HEARD: May 18, 2000                                                             
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               Before WINTERS, ROBINSON, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                      
               ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                  

                                                      DECISION ON APPEAL                                                               

                       This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-26,                                
               which are all of the claims pending in this case.  Independent claims 1 and 25 are                                      
               illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and read as follows:                                                       
                       1.      A method for controlling the health of a group of animals and maintaining the                           
               group of animals in a condition of optimum health to maximize the productivity of the                                   
               animals in the group, comprising the steps of                                                                           

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