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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35              


                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                               Ex parte GÖRAN NILSSON                                 
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                                Appeal No. 2004-0380                                  
                              Application No. 09/092,167                              
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                                HEARD: MARCH 2, 2004                                  
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          Before GARRIS, OWENS, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                                                                     

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the refusal of the                
          examiner to allow claims 40-52 as amended subsequent to the final           
          rejection.  These are all of the claims remaining in the                    
          application.                                                                
               The subject matter on appeal relates to a process for                  
          providing a pasta product which comprises arranging a plurality             
          of frozen pasta product segments in a pan and adding a cooking              
          liquid in the pan with the segments and heating the segments and            
          cooking liquid, wherein the segments are arranged in the pan and            






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