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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                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28              

                  UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                           
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                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                              
                                AND INTERFERENCES                                     
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                      Ex parte JEAN-PIERRE DATH, LUC DELORME,                         
                    JACQUES-FRANCOIS GROOTJANS, XAVIER VANHAEREN                      
                                and WALTER VERMEIREN                                  
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                                Appeal No. 2002-1010                                  
                             Application No. 09/206,210                               
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                                HEARD: March 20, 2003                                 
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          Before WARREN, WALTZ and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
                                                                                     
               This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s            
          refusal to allow claims 9, 11, 13, 14 and 18 as amended                     
          subsequent to the final rejection.1  Claims 1 through 8 are the             
          only other claims pending in this application and stand withdrawn           
          from further consideration by the examiner as directed to a non-            



               1An amendment dated July 5, 2001, Paper No. 16, subsequent             
          to the final rejection, was entered by the examiner as noted in             
          the Advisory Action dated July 25, 2001, Paper No. 17.                      





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