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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                        written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37                                  


                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                             
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                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                             
                                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                                                 
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                              Ex Parte MICHAEL HENNIG-CARDINAL von WIDDERN                                                          
                                                               and                                                                  
                                                      GUNTER WEBER                                                                  
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                                                    Appeal No. 1998-0299                                                            
                                                    Application 08/301,523                                                          
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                                                 HEARD: January 10, 2002                                                            
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                Before, JEFFREY T. SMITH, PAWLIKOWSKI and MOORE, 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                                    

                claims 15 to 23, 25 to 29 and 31 to 34.1  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C.                                      

                § 134.                                                                                                              


                        1  Claims 24 and 30 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph; however, these                   
                 rejections have been withdrawn by the Examiner.  (See Supplemental Examiner’s Answers paper                        
                 no. 29, mailed October 15, 1996 and paper no. 32, mailed October 30, 1997).  Claims 24 and 30                      
                 have not been rejected over prior art.                                                                             




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