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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication and is not                       
               binding precedent of the Board.                                        
                                                               Paper No. 41           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                  ________________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                  ________________                                    
                   Ex parte COLIN C. FOAN and ANTHONY R. WOODFORD                     
                                  ________________                                    
                                Appeal No. 1997-1903                                  
                             Application No. 08/229,118                               
                                  ________________                                    
                              HEARD:  October 24, 2000                                
                                  ________________                                    

          Before KIMLIN, WARREN and JEFFREY SMITH, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4,              
          7-23 and 28-32, all the claims remaining in the present                     
          application.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                                      
          1.   A mixture of bromoxynil n-octanoate and bromoxynil                     
          n-heptanoate wherein the molar ratio of bromoxynil n-octanoate              
          to bromoxynil n-heptanoate is from 1:1.5 to 1.5:1.                          

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