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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               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32                           

                                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                        
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                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                         
                                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
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                                                Ex parte FRANK DERUYCK,                                                           
                                                  and WILFRIED COPPENS                                                            
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                                                    Appeal No. 1996-2928                                                          
                                                    Application 08/313,727                                                        
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                                                    HEARD: MAY 1, 2000                                                            
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               Before KIMLIN, OWENS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                  

               LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                            




                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                 

                      This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1, 5, 6, 8              

               through 12, 14 through 17, and 19 through 23 which are all the claims remaining in the application.1               


                      1Claim 23 is inadvertently omitted from Appellants’ Brief.  See Notice of Appeal filed April 18, 1995 which 
               included claim 23.                                                                                                 
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