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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     ____________                                     
                       Ex parte HERBERT PEIFFER, THOMAS DRIES,                        
                         URSULA MURSCHALL, and GUNTER SCHLOEGL                        
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 1997-3497                                 
                              Application No. 08/312,295                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before, WARREN, WALTZ, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to            
          allow claims 1, 2, 4-24 and 28, as amended after final rejection.           
          No other claims are pending in this application.                            
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellants' invention relates to a biaxially oriented                  
          polypropylene film structure.  An understanding of the invention            
          can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 28, which           
          are reproduced below.                                                       
                         1.  A biaxially oriented polypropylene                       
                    film structure which has a thickness not                          
                    exceeding 25 µm and which comprises at least                      







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