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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                                Ex parte HOLGER GERLING                               
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                                 Appeal No. 2001-2204                                 
                              Application No. 09/155,413                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before COHEN, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  

               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 12                
          through 23.  These claims constitute all of the claims remaining            
          in the application.                                                         

               Appellant's invention pertains to a method for mounting                
          teeth to blanks, to an apparatus for connecting teeth to a saw              
          blade blank, and to a device for mounting teeth to blanks.  A               
          basic understanding of the invention can be derived from a                  






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