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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                    Ex parte KLAUS HARTMANN, BERNHARD WAGENSOMMER,                    
                                 and MICHAEL KRUEGER                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2003-0119                                 
                              Application No. 09/569,477                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  

               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 11 and            
          12.  These claims constitute all of the claims remaining in the             
          application.                                                                

               Appellants’ invention pertains to a method for synchronous             
          transfer of printed sheets.  A basic understanding of the                   
          invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 11, a            






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