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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                                     for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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.  32                 

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                     
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                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                      
                                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                                           
                                                       ____________                                                          
                                             Ex parte THOMAS SCHMUTZ,                                                        
                                                    ERICH KRAMER,                                                            
                                                    HANS ZWEIFEL,                                                            
                                                           and                                                               
                                                  BRUNO ROTZINGER                                                            
                                                       ____________                                                          
              Appeal No. 2000-1448                                                                                           
              Application No. 08/709,975                                                                                     
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                             
                                                    ________________                                                         
              Before KIMLIN,  LIEBERMAN, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.                                      
              LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                        

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                           
                      This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner                              
              refusing to allow claims 17, 18, 29, 30 and 35, which are all the claims pending in this                       
              application.                                                                                                   









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