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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           for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     ____________                                     
                               Ex parte DIRKJAN BAKKER,                               
                                JOHANNES J. GROTE, and                                
                              CLEMENS A. VAN BLITTERSWIJK                             
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 1997-0975                                 
                              Application No. 08/389,3031                             
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before PAK, OWENS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                 
          KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to            
          allow claims 41-48 and 52-59.  Claims 49-51, which are all of the           






               1 Application for patent filed February 16, 1995.  According           
          to appellants, this application is a division of Application                
          08/089,854, filed July 12, 1993; which is a continuation-in-part            
          of Application 07/907,674, filed July 2, 1992, now abandoned;               
          which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/479,197, filed            
          February 13, 1990, now abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part           
          of Application 07/240,810, filed September 2, 1988, now                     
          abandoned.                                                                  





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