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                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                
                         The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                                                 
                         today (1) was not written for publication in a law                                                                   
                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                               
                                                                                                        Paper No. 12                          

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                Ex parte LLOYD E. GODDARD and GEORGE A. KNESEL                                                                
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                                                        Appeal No. 95-1820                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/115,8361                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before KIMLIN, WEIFFENBACH and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                             
                KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and                                                           
                15, all the claims remaining in the present application.  Claims                                                              
                1 and 15 are reproduced below:                                                                                                
                         1.  A process for preparing crystalline ibuprofen having a                                                           
                crystal habit characterized by having a particle length larger                                                                

                         1Application for patent filed September 3, 1993.                                                                     
                According to appellants, this application is a continuation of                                                                
                Application 07/963,939, filed October 20, 1992; which is a                                                                    
                continuation of Application 07/734,910, filed July 24, 1991;                                                                  
                which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/615,348, filed                                                              
                November 19, 1990, all abandoned.                                                                                             
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