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          Appeal No. 96-2897                                                          
          Application 08/050,315                                                      
          as being anticipated by Devissaguet.                                        
               We remand this application to the examiner for de novo                 
          claim interpretation and further action consistent with this                
          decision and the supporting opinion.                                        
               This application, by virtue of its "special" status,                   
          requires an immediate action.  Manual of Patent Examining                   
          Procedures § 708.01(d)(7th ed., rev. 3, July 1998).  It is                  
          important that the Board be informed promptly of any action                 
          affecting the appeal in this case.                                          
                                 REVERSED; REMANDED                                   




          William F. Smith                )                                           
               Administrative Patent Judge     )                                      
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                         Teddy S. Gron                   ) BOARD OF                   
          PATENT                                                                      
                         Administrative Patent Judge     )   APPEALS AND              
                                                  )  INTERFERENCES                    
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               Hubert C. Lorin                    )                                   
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