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                  Appeal No. 2001-1235                                                                               Paper 14                             
                  Application No. 08/951,943                                                                         Page 6                               
                  predetermined temperature” in line 3.                                                                                                   
                           It is also suggested that the examiner take a look at U.S. Patent 6,238,700 to                                                 
                  Dohner et al., which issued from an application which is a continuation-in-part of the                                                  
                  instant application, to see if a double patenting rejection might be appropriate,                                                       
                  especially in view of appellants arguments above that placing the film or lamina                                                        
                  between two non-porous substrates protects it from environmental exposure.                                                              
                                                                  CONCLUSION                                                                              
                           To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 1-26 under                                                         
                  35 U.S.C. §102(b) as anticipated by Campbell is reversed.                                                                               
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                              


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                  Michael J. Rafa                                                                                                                         





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