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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            publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16                     
                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                          
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                            
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
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                                       Ex parte MICHAEL E. FLAUGH                                             
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                                            Appeal No. 1997-1954                                              
                                            Application 08/154,903                                            
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                     
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            Before WINTERS and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges, and                            
            MCKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                                                     
            WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                    


                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                   This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. §134 from the final rejection of claims                  
            1 through 22, all the claims remaining in the application.                                        
                   Claim 1 is representative of the claims on appeal and reads as follows:                    
                   1.   A method of treating desynchronization disorders in a mammal suffering from or        
            susceptible to such disorders which comprises administering to said mammal an effective           
            amount of a compound of the formula                                                               

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