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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 19           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                              Ex parte RASHESH N. PATEL                               
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 1999-0823                                  
                             Application No. 08/728,337                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     

          Before KIMLIN, WARREN and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent           
          Judges.                                                                     
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-16              
          and 18-21.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                                        
          1.   A liquid, alkaline detergent composition consisting                    
          essentially of, by weight of said composition:                              
               (a) from about 0.01% to about 10% diacyl peroxide having the           
               general formula:                                                       
                                    RC(O)OO(O)CR1                                     
               wherein R and R1 can be the same or different;                         

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