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          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was              
          not written for publication and is not 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 JENO PAULUCCI                                 
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                               Appeal No. 1997-2960                                   
                               Application 08/368,897                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before WARREN, OWENS and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent                    
          Judges.                                                                     
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of               
          claims 1-4, which are all of the claims in the application.                 
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               Appellant claims processes for microwave heating of a                  
          frozen meal in a container, where a food component is removed               
          from the container after a first heating period and prior to a              

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