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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                          today was not written for publication and is not                                                                              
                          binding precedent of the Board.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. 16                                                   

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                            Ex parte  ALEXANDRE PIMENTA, CLAUDENE PARAVELA, JR.,                                                                        
                               DELCIO PRIZON, GERALDO ZANAROTTI and LELLIS CAMPOS                                                                       
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                                                          Appeal No. 1998-3380                                                                          
                                                        Application 08/542,591                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
                                                             ________________                                                                           
                 Before FLEMING, LALL and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                          
                 LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                                                                        
                 from the final rejection of claims 1-19, which constitute all                                                                          
                 the claims in the application.                        1                                                                                

                          1An amendment after the final rejection was filed as                                                                          
                 Paper No. 9, however it made no changes to the claims on                                                                               
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