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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 34           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                             Ex parte RAINER AUTENRIETH                               
                                         and                                          
                                  ANDREAS CHRISTEN                                    
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2002-1612                                  
                             Application No. 09/048,984                               
                                                                                     
                              HEARD:  February 4, 2003                                
                                                                                     

          Before KIMLIN, PAK and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.                 
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3              
          and 5, all the claims remaining in the present application.                 
          Claim 1 is illustrative:                                                    
               1.  Reformation reactor, comprising a reaction chamber                 
          through which a gas stream to be reformed is flowed and into                
          which a charge of a reformation catalyst material is loaded; a              
          catalyst supply container; a loading channel connecting the                 

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