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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            today was not written for publication and is not binding                  
            precedent of the Board                                                    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. 16                

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                   Ex parte BART VERLINDEN and LUC DE BRABANDERE                      
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                                Appeal No. 1999-0267                                  
                               Application 08/744,268                                 
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                              HEARD: NOVEMBER 7, 2001                                 
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            Before WARREN, KRATZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative                      
            Patent Judges.                                                            
            PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.                                 

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                 This is a decision on an appeal from the final                       
            rejection of claims 1-20.                                                 
                 The subject matter on appeal is represented by claim                 
            1,                                                                        
            set forth below:                                                          
                 1.  A material for making a lithographic printing                    
            plate comprising on a glass support a surface capable of                  
            being differentiated in ink accepting and ink repellant                   
            areas in accordance with an image pattern, wherein said                   
            glass support has a thickness of not more than 0.5 mm, a                  
            failure stress of more than 4 x 107 Pa and a Youngs’                      
            modulus of not more than 1011 Pa.                                         





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