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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               publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                        
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                                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                        
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                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                          
                                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
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                                          Ex parte MEINO VON SPRECKELSEN                                                          
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                                                    Appeal No. 1997-1339                                                          
                                                    Application 08/086,825                                                        
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                                                          ON BRIEF                                                                
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               Before THOMAS, KRASS, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                     
               THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                               

                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                             
                      Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner's final rejection of claims                           
               17 through 31 which constitute all the claims in the application.                                                  
                      Representative claim 17 is reproduced below:                                                                
                      17.  A method for producing a circular color distribution on a recording medium,                            
               comprising the steps of:                                                                                           
                      storing color values as a function of a range of spacings to be used later when                             
               determining center-to-center spacings between a center for the circular color distribution                         
               and a plurality of picture elements on the recording medium;                                                       

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