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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 15              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                   Ex parte DAVID R. ELVIDGE and MALCOLM K. SMITH                     
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                                Appeal No. 1998-2641                                  
                             Application No. 08/700,020                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and WARREN, Administrative Patent                    
          Judges.                                                                     
          Garris, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection               
          of claims 5, 9, 13, 14 and 21 which are all of the claims                   
          remaining in the application.                                               
               The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of                    
          applying a coating to a surface comprising metering the amount              
          of coating applied to the surface at a metering nip via a                   

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