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          The opinion in support of the decision being entered                        
               today was not written for publication and is not                       
               binding precedent of the Board                                         
                                                            Paper No. 44              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte KEVIN C. SPENCER                               
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                                Appeal No. 1997-0151                                  
                              Application 08/169,542                                  
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                              HEARD: AUGUST 15, 2000                                  
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          Before GARRIS, OWENS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                     
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of               
          claims 25, 32 and 40, and refusal to allow claims 23, 31, 33                
          and 36-39 as amended after final rejection.  These are all of               
          the claims remaining in the application.                                    
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               Appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward a method              
          for increasing the rate of a browning reaction during the                   


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