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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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte GYANENDRA GUPTA                                
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                                Appeal No. 1997-0846                                  
                             Application No. 08/474,950                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before, JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and WALTZ, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges                                                                      
          JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                 


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                 
          final rejection of claims 1 through 8 and 35 through 42.                    
               Representative claims 1, 36, and 37 are reproduced below:              
               1. A removable, non-brittle, water soluble                             
               thermoplastic spacer for use to space an electrical                    

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