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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19          
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                                Ex parte DANIEL PRUDHON                               
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2000-2146                                 
                              Application No. 09/197,5131                             
                                     ____________                                     
                                HEARD: August 14, 2002                                
                                     ____________                                     
          Before KRASS, LALL 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, 2, 4, 6 and 7, which are all of the claims           
          pending in this application.                                                
               We reverse and enter a new ground of rejection under 37 CFR            
          § 1.196(b).                                                                 



               1  Application for patent filed November 23, 1998, which is a          
          continuation of Application No. 08/713,700, filed September 13, 1996, now U.S.
          Patent No. 5,952,615, which claims the foreign filing priority benefit under
          35 U.S.C. § 119 of French Application No. 95 10844, filed September 15, 1995.




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