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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           for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte HUBERT VANDENABEELE                             
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-0421                                 
                              Application No. 08/304,485                              
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                                 HEARD: March 06, 2000                                
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          Before KIMLIN, PAK, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1 through 13, which are all of the claims               
          pending in this application.                                                
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellant's invention relates to a light sensitive                 
          silver halide material having a protective layer.  According                
          to appellant, a protective antistress gelatin layer containing              
          a synthetic clay is employed with a polyoxyalkylene antistatic              
          agent added as part of that layer or, alternatively, with the               






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