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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                  and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 10                


                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                    
                                                                                                      
                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                       
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                             
                                                                                                      
                                 Ex parte WOLFGANG STAUBWASSER                                         
                                                                                                      
                                       Appeal No. 2003-0639                                            
                                   Application No. 09/839,766                                          
                                                                                                      
                                              ON BRIEF                                                 
                                                                                                      

            Before KIMLIN, KRATZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent                           
            Judges.                                                                                    
            KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                       



                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                             
                  This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                               
            and 2.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                                                           
            1.  A process for forming a metallic catalyst carrier body having                          
            a multiplicity of at least partly structured sheet-metal layers                            
            contacting one another at connecting positions and defining a                              
            multiplicity of channels for the passage of a fluid, the process                           
            which comprises:                                                                           


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