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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                            Ex parte LEONARD M. VAN ROSSEN                            
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                                 Appeal No. 1998-3001                                 
                              Application No. 08/318,645                              
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                                HEARD: OCTOBER 11, 2000                               
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          Before COHEN, NASE, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative Patent             
          Judges.                                                                     
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1,                
          2, 4 through 9, all of the claims remaining in the                          
          application.  In an entered amendment after final (Paper No.                
          21), claim 8 was amended.                                                   


               Appellant’s invention pertains to a dust bag and to a                  
          method for producing a dust bag.  A basic understanding of the              
          invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1,              






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