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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          was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not             
          binding precedent of the Board.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.29               

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte ARTHUR B. FONTAINE                              
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                                 Appeal No. 96-0211                                   
                               Application 07/929,1501                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before OWENS, CRAWFORD, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of the           
          following design claim:                                                     
                    I CLAIM the ornamental design for AN IMPLANTABLE                  
               INTRAVASCULAR STENT as shown and described.                            



               1  Application for patent filed August 13, 1992.                       
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