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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                          written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19                    

                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                                           Ex parte ANDRE CLAUSSNER,                                                   
                                                 FRANCOIS NIQUE,                                                       
                                         JEAN-GEORGES TEUTSCH, and                                                     
                                             PATRICK VAN DE VELDE                                                      
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                                               Appeal No. 1997-2792                                                    
                                               Application 08/244,735                                                  
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                                            HEARD:  December 7, 2000                                                   
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                 Before WINTERS, MILLS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.                                      
                 WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                 
                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       
                        This appeal was taken from the examiner’s decision rejecting claims                            
                 1 through 7 and 14 through 16.  Claims 8, 9, and 17, which are the only other                         
                 claims remaining in the application, stand allowed.                                                   
                        A copy of claim 1, which is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal, may                  
                 be found in the appendix attached to applicants’ Appeal Brief.                                        








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