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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                     publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                                
                                                                                 __________                                                                                            
                                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                                
                                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                              
                                                                                 __________                                                                                            
                                                                         PAUL S. WATERMAN                                                                                              
                                                                                Junior Party,1                                                                                         
                                                                                          v.                                                                                           
                                               JEAN-LUC BIRBAUM, JEAN RODY, MARIO SLONGO,                                                                                              
                                                    ANDREAS VALET and ROLAND A. E. WINTER                                                                                              
                                                                                                    2                                                                                  
                                                                                Senior Party,                                                                                          
                                                                                 __________                                                                                            
                                                                 Patent Interference No. 103,935                                                                                       
                                                                                ___________                                                                                            
                     Before URYNOWICZ, DOWNEY and ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                 


                                1 Application 08/198,238, filed February 18, 1994, now Patent No. 5,461,151,                                                                           
                     issued October 24, 1995.  Accorded Benefit of Application 07/605,199, filed October 29,                                                                           
                     1990, abandoned.  Assigned to Cytec Technology Corporation.                                                                                                       
                                2 Application 08/591,419, filed January 19, 1996.  Accorded Benefit of Application                                                                     
                     08/143,525, filed October 26, 1993; and Applications 07/978,064, filed November 18,                                                                               
                     1992; 07/611,207, filed November 13, 1990; and Application 07/446,369, filed December                                                                             
                     5, 1989, all abandoned.  Assigned to Ciba-Geigy Corporation.                                                                                                      
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