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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           for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                               Ex parte RANVIR S. VIRDI                               
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-3644                                 
                              Application No. 08/442,633                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before JOHN D. SMITH, LIEBERMAN, and KRATZ, Administrative                  
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 11-20, which are all of the claims pending              
          in this application.                                                        
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellant's invention relates to a rubber vulcanization                
          process.  According to appellant, nitrosamines production is                
          minimized in such a process via the use of an accelerating or               
          vulcanizing effective amount of a compound having a group of                






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