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           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           for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                               Ex parte PETER RASMUSSEN                               
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                                 Appeal No. 1998-2240                                 
                              Application No. 08/443,058                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1, 5, 7, 8, and 10-18, which are all of                 
          the claims pending in this application.                                     
               We REVERSE.                                                            
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellant's invention relates to a covering for a                  
          sphere or hemisphere.  An understanding of the invention can                
          be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears               
          in the appendix to the appellant's Brief (Paper No. 15).                    






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