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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                                  and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 THOMAS E. LEWIS and SUSAN J. LANPHEAR                                     
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                                            Appeal No. 1999-1164                                              
                                         Application No. 08/715,559                                           
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                     
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            Before GARRIS, JEFFERY SMITH and PAWLIKOWSKI,  Administrative Patent                              
            Judges.                                                                                           

            GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                              

                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 

                   This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-20.  The only         
            other claims remaining in the application, which are claims 21-36 have been withdrawn             
            from further consideration by the examiner.                                                       
                   The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of imaging a lithographic printing        
            member comprising (a) imagining a member by exposure to laser-generated                           




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