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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                                         for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33                                     

                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                  
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                                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                  
                                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                   
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                                             Ex parte TED M. DAWSON, JOSEPH P. STEINER                                                                              
                                                    VALINA L. DAWSON, GEORGE R. UHL                                                                                 
                                                             and SOLOMON H. SNYDER                                                                                  
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                                                                 Appeal No. 1997-3122                                                                               
                                                              Application No. 08/082,8481                                                                           
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                                                             HEARD: November 16, 2000                                                                               
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                   Before WINTERS,  ROBINSON and SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                            
                   SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                           


                            1Application for patent filed June 30, 1993.                                                                                            
                            2Appellants’ oral argument was heard by Administrative Patent Judges Robinson,                                                          
                   Spiegel and Scheiner on November 16, 2000.  Subsequently, appellants submitted paper                                                             
                   no. 32, indicating that “the Public Health Service as represented by the Office of                                                               
                   Technology Transfer, having an address at National Institutes of Health . . . is the co-owner                                                    
                   of an undivided interest in the subject application, along with the Johns Hopkins University.”                                                   
                   As the result of this information, Judge Spiegel has recused herself from the case, and                                                          
                   Judge Winters will substitute for her on the panel deciding this appeal.                                                                         
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