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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                        written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34                                 

                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                            
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                             
                                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                                                
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                                             Ex Parte ANDERS BERGQVIST,                                                            
                                      HAKAN DAHLLOF and MARCELO LEITE                                                              
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                                                   Appeal No. 1997-4290                                                            
                                                   Application 08/218,647                                                          
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                                                          ON BRIEF                                                                 
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                Before, WARREN, KRATZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent                                                  
                Judges.                                                                                                            

                JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                     


                                        Decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                                                   

                        Applicants appeal the decision of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting                                   

                claim 18 to 21, 23 to 32, 34 and 35 all of the claims pending in the application.1 2                               

                We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.                                                                        


                        1  Appellants have amended the claims on appeal in the after final communications filed                    
                February 11, 1996, paper no. 12, October 18, 1996, paper no. 18, November 11, 1996, paper no. 19                   
                and February 5, 1997, paper no. 21.5.  The Examiner has entered all of these amendments.                           
                        2  We have considered Appellants’ position as presented in the Amended Appeal Brief,                       
                filed February 5, 1997, and the Reply Brief filed September 18, 1997.                                              





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