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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                                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                                                                                              
                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
                                                     ____________                                                       
                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
                                                     ____________                                                       
                                          Ex parte BENEDETTO VIGNA and                                                  
                                        ENRICO MARIA ALFONSO RAVANELLI                                                  
                                                     ____________                                                       
                                                 Appeal No. 2001-0684                                                   
                                               Application No. 09/205,668                                               
                                                     ____________                                                       
                                                       ON BRIEF                                                         
                                                     ____________                                                       
              Before BARRETT, DIXON, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.                                     
              DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                       


                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      
                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-13                    
              and 23-27, which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                       


                     We REVERSE.                                                                                        












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