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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 10              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                      Ex parte WILLIAM J. GRANDE, WILLIAM MEY,                        
                       THOMAS M. STEPHANY and THOMAS N. TOMBS                         
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                                Appeal No. 1999-0427                                  
                               Application 08/782,272                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO and LALL, Administrative Patent                
          Judges.                                                                     
          JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                   

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
          This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                      
          from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-37, which constitute              
          all the claims in the application.  An amendment after final                
          rejection was filed on February 17, 1998 but was denied entry               
          by the examiner.                                                            
          The disclosed invention pertains to an electrographic                       

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