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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30        

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                     
                                     ____________                                   
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                        
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                 
                                     ____________                                   
                                Ex parte IRMGARD ROST                               
                                     ____________                                   
                                Appeal No. 2002-2128                                
                              Application No. 08/793,984                            
                                     ____________                                   
                               HEARD: December 12, 2002                             
                                     ____________                                   
         Before RUGGIERO, BARRY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.          
         RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                


              This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of          
         claims 43-51 and 53-84, which are all of the claims pending in the         
         present application.  Claims 1-42 and 52 have been canceled.1  An          
         amendment filed April 27, 2001 after final rejection, which amended        
         claim 84, was approved for entry by the Examiner.                          


              1 Both Appellant and Examiner should take note of the fact that claims
         53-56 are presently dependent upon claim 52 which has been canceled.       





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