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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          was not written for publication and is not binding precedent                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. 14              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                  Ex parte NEIL L. HOOPINGARNER and BARRY D. MATIN                    
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                                Appeal No. 1998-1308                                  
                               Application 08/469,397                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, PATE, MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.                  
          PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1,                
          3, 4, 6, and 7.  These are the only claims remaining in the                 
          application.                                                                
               The claimed invention is directed to a rigid foam board                
          used as the peripheral core in a sandwich panel.  The foam                  

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