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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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35              
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                        Ex parte HENDRICUS M.J.C. VAN KURINGEN                        
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                                 Appeal No. 2002-1885                                 
                              Application No. 08/966,453                              
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                                 HEARD: MARCH 20, 2003                                
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          Before BARRETT, GROSS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the            
          examiner's final rejection of claims 1-91, which are all of the             
          claims pending in this application.                                         
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellant’s invention relates to a controller for a printing           
          unit.  An understanding of the invention can be derived from a              
          reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced as follows:               




               1 The rejection of claims 1-9 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph,  
          has been withdrawn by the examiner (answer, page 2).                        





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