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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 19              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                        Ex parte MADHU ANAND, SHIVAJI SIRCAR                          
                                and BRIAN T. CARVILL                                  
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1998-1219                                  
                               Application 08/419,317                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before WALTZ, LIEBERMAN and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                          
               This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                       
          examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 22, which are                
          the only claims in this application (see the Brief, page 3).                
               According to appellants, the invention is directed to a                
          process for operating equilibrium controlled reactions under                
          isothermal conditions including the steps of countercurrently               

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