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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                                     for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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.  20                                                                                                  

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                     
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                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                      
                                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                                           
                                                       ____________                                                          
                                                 Ex parte JIM D. REEVES,                                                     
                                                BHUPENDRA K. GUPTA,                                                          
                                                           and                                                               
                                                  NRIPENDRA N. DAS                                                           
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              Appeal No. 2002-0669                                                                                           
              Application No. 09/527,270                                                                                     
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                             
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              Before KIMLIN, WARREN, and LIEBERMAN,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                           
              LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                        
                                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                          
                      This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner                              
              refusing to allow claim 15 and claims 8 through 14 as amended subsequent to the final                          
              rejection, which are all the claims pending in this application.                                               
                      THE INVENTION                                                                                          

              The invention is directed to a process for forming a thermal barrier on a superalloy.                          







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