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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          publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 10              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte OLE K. NILSSEN                                
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                                Appeal No. 1998-1288                                  
                             Application No. 08/502,817                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and BARRY, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                   

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                 
          from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-6, 12 and 13, which               
          constitute all the claims remaining in the application.                     
          The disclosed invention pertains to a circuit arrangement                   
          for providing electrical power to a gas discharge lamp such as              
          a fluorescent tube.                                                         
                                                                                     





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