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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 49              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    _____________                                     
                   Ex parte DONALD T. J. HURLE, GORDON C. JOYCE,                      
                               and KATHRYN E. MC KELL                                 
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1997-0547                                  
                              Application No. 08/020,443                              
                                   ______________                                     
                              HEARD: September 14, 2000                               
                                   _______________                                    

          Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative                    
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                 

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                 
          final rejection of claims 1 through 23.                                     
               Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:                            
          1.   A method of controlling the diameter of a growing crystal              

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