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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                               publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14                       

                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                              
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                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                      
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                       Ex parte ILYA FEYGIN, RHETT L. AFFLECK, LESLIE A. WALLING,                                   
                     PETER KIESELBACH, GREGORY LOUIS KIRK, and IAN HENDERSON                                        
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                                              Appeal No. 2001-0352                                                  
                                              Application 08/872,097                                                
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                                                    ON BRIEF                                                        
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             Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, TIMM, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                
             MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                    
                                        ORDER VACATING REJECTIONS                                                   
                                        AND REMANDING APPLICATION                                                   
                    This appeal was taken from the examiner's decision rejecting claims 1-9, 17-29,                 
             35-40, and 47-65.  Claims 10, 30, 44, 45, and 46 have been cancelled, while claims 11-                 
             16, 31-34, 41-43, and 66-67 have been allowed.                                                         
                                                 THE INVENTION                                                      
                    The invention relates to a method and apparatus for exchanging fluid in chemical                
             synthesis procedures.  In one claimed embodiment, a plurality of reaction chambers are                 






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