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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     ____________                                     
                    Ex parte VOLKER NITSCHE and DR. WERNER SCHAIRER                   
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2000-2118                                 
                              Application No. 08/995,1391                             
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                               HEARD: NOVEMBER 21, 2002                               
                                     ____________                                     
          Before LALL, GROSS, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final                 
          rejection of claims 1-5, which are all of the claims pending in             
          the present application.                                                    
               We reverse.                                                            
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellants’ invention is directed to an optoelectronic                 
          component suitable for mounting on a circuit board.  External               
          connecting leads all emerge from one lateral face of the                    

               1  Application for patent filed December 19, 1997, which claims the    
          foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of German Application 
          19653054.7, filed December 19, 1996.                                        




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