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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             written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                           Ex parte CLAUDIO DE LA PRIETA,                             
                                   GERHARD HOETZEL,                                   
                                  CARMEN SCHMIEDEL,                                   
                                 PETRA KITIRATSCHKY,                                  
                                    THOMAS SCHULTE,                                   
                                          and                                         
                                HANS-DIETER WIEMHOEFER                                
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                                Appeal No. 2002-0258                                  
                             Application No. 09/254,402                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KIMLIN, TIMM, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final                 
          rejection of claims 11-20.  Claims 1-10 have been canceled.  Thus,          
          only claims 11-20 are before us on appeal.                                  
                                 REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM                                 
               Claim 11, 12, and 18 are representative of the claims on               
          appeal.  They read as follows:                                              
               11.  A measuring arrangement for analyzing gas components in           
          a gas mixture, comprising:                                                  





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