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                          The opinion in support of the decision being                 
                       entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.            
                                                             Paper 12                  
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                               Ex parte LOREN D. LOWER                                 
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                                   Appeal 1997-2575                                    
                               Application 08/524,6611                                 
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          Before:  DOWNEY and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges, and McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                    

          McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                                

                       DECISION ON APPEAL UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 134                        
               The appeal is from a decision of the Primary Examiner                   
          rejecting claims 1-20.  We reverse.                                          
               A.   Findings of fact                                                   
               The record supports the following findings by a                         
          preponderance of the evidence, as well as any findings made in               


          Application for patent filed 8 September 1995.  The real party in interest is The1                                                                        
          Dow Corning Corporation.                                                     





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