Ex parte JOSEPH et al. - Page 1




                    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               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                      Ex parte ALICE JOSEPH, ALAIN LE MARCHAND                        
                               and PIERRE-NOEL ROLLIN                                 
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                                Appeal No. 1997-0432                                  
                             Application No. 08/200,951                               
                                  ________________                                    
                                HEARD:  April 5, 2000                                 
                                  ________________                                    
          Before KIMLIN, WARREN and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-6               
          and 9-11, all the claims remaining in the present application.              
          Claim 1 is illustrative:                                                    
               1.  The improvement in the process for coating metallic                
          structures consisting of assembled wires, wherein an external               
          coating is applied by electrostatic spraying of a                           
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