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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32        
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                     
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                        
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                 
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                              Ex parte CHRISTIAN MILLAUER                           
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                                 Appeal No. 2002-0139                               
                              Application No. 08/991,572                            
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                                       ON BRIEF                                     
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         Before KRATZ, DELMENDO, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent        
         Judges.                                                                    
         KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                
              This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to           
         allow claims 17-19.  The remaining pending claims, namely claims           
         1-3, 5-10 and 14, have been indicated as allowable by the                  
         examiner.                                                                  
                                     BACKGROUND                                     
              Appellant's invention relates to an apparatus including an            
         extruder constructed to be useful for changing the wetting agents          
         of pigments.  The extruder comprises, inter alia, a barrel having          




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