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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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 HANS O. CEDERBLAD                               
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                                Appeal No. 1998-2534                                  
                             Application No. 08/533,366                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before GARRIS, WALTZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative                   
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                       
          examiner’s refusal to allow claims 15 through 17 as amended                 
          subsequent to the final rejection (see the amendment dated May              
          27, 1997, Paper No. 6, entered as per the Advisory Action                   
          dated June 5, 1997, Paper No. 7).  Claims 15-17 are the only                
          claims remaining in this application.                                       
               According to appellant, the invention is directed to a                 
          method of stretch modifying an extruded net containing                      
          elastomeric strands to produce desired predetermined                        





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