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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SOUAD DAMIEN                                
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                                 Appeal No. 2000-0330                                 
                              Application No. 08/684,871                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before THOMAS, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               The examiner rejected the claims 18-37.  The appellant                 
          appeals therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a).  We reverse and enter           
          a new ground of rejection under 37 C.F.R. § 1.196(b).                       

                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The invention at issue in this appeal relates to rerouting             










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