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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                     journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                                            

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                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                              
                                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                              
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                                                                      Ex parte KONRAD EIPPER,                                                                                          
                                                                    WOLFGANG FUSSNEGGER,                                                                                               
                                                                     and CHRISTOPH SCHLOTT                                                                                             
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                                                                           Appeal No. 1998-0682                                                                                        
                                                                         Application 08/724,3061                                                                                       
                                                                              ______________                                                                                           

                                                                    HEARD: DECEMBER 7, 1999                                                                                            
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                     Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                               

                     FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                           


                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             

                                This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 4, 8 and 9, which                                                        

                     are all of the claims remaining in this application.  Claims 2, 3, 5 through 7 have been canceled.                                                                



                                1Application for patent filed September 9, 1996.  According to Appellants, this application is a                                                       
                     continuation of Application 08/316,443, filed October 3, 1994.                                                                                                    
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