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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                   publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 40              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte JEAN-PAUL BILLON                               
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                                Appeal No. 2000-0168                                  
                             Application No. 08/934,393                               
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                               HEARD: January 23, 2002                                
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          Before JERRY SMITH, LALL, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative                   
          Patent Judges                                                               
          LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from                
          the Examiner's final rejection of claims 15 through 17, 22,                 
          23, 27, 30 through 38, 41 through 43, and 45 through 53, all                
          the pending claims in the application.                                      
               The disclosed invention relates to modeling of industrial              
          processes using an algorithm that is sufficiently concrete to               
          be                                                                          
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