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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                    written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 49                         


                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                          
                                            _______________                                                 
                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                            
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
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                                  Ex Parte JEAN-PIERRE SCHIRMANN,                                           
                             JEAN-PIERRE PLEUVRY and PIERRE TELLIER                                         
                                          Appeal No. 1996-1132                                              
                                          Application 08/217,752                                            
                                            _______________                                                 
                                          HEARD: April 25, 2001                                             
                                            _______________                                                 

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

                                    ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING                                                
             Appellants have filed a paper under 37 CFR § 1.197(b) requesting that we                       
             reconsider our decision of May 31, 2001, wherein we affirmed the rejection of                  
             claims 1, 3-10 and 12-22 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                                


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