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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 29              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                  Ex parte JOHN T. MARINER and DOUGLAS A. LONGWORTH                   
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                                Appeal No. 1999-1136                                  
                             Application No. 08/771,373                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before CALVERT, COHEN, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to              
          6, all the claims in the application.                                       
               As summarized on page 2, lines 9 to 20 of the                          
          specification, appellants' invention concerns a flash                       
          evaporator vaporization boat made of graphite coated with                   

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