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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              for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25                 

                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                        
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                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                          
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                            
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                             Ex parte IAN HOLMGREN and ANN-MARI SVENNERHOLM                                                
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                                                 Appeal No. 1999-2634                                                      
                                              Application No. 08/108,606                                                   
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                            
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              Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, and MILLS,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                          
              MILLS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                          

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                         
                     This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. ' 134 from the examiner's final                          
              rejection of claims 7-11 and 13-19, which are all of the claims pending in this                              
              application.                                                                                                 
                    Claims 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 are illustrative of the claims on appeal and read as                       
              follows:                                                                                                     
                     7.   A   method for producing a formalin-killed E. coli bacterial strain for use in a                 
              vaccine against enteric infection caused by E. coli bacteria in humans comprising the                        
              steps of:                                                                                                    

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