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              The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication                   
              and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOELLEN DEPORTER and LAWRENCE M. FODOR                                               
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                                                 Appeal No. 1996-3306                                                      
                                               Application No. 08/145,380                                                  
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH  and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                   
              LORIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                          

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                         
                     This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-16,                      
              which are all the claims pending in the application.  On consideration of the record, we                     
              reverse the examiner's decision rejecting these claims under 35 U.S.C. §103.                                 
                     Claim 1 is illustrative of the claims on appeal and reads as follows:                                 
                     1.      A process to produce a multicomponent ethylene polymer composition said                       
              process comprising:                                                                                          








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