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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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13             
                                                                                   
                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                   _____________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                   _____________                                    
              Ex parte ROGER FRANET, DAMIEN FAIVRE and DAVID DEMESMAY               
                                  ______________                                    
                                Appeal No. 2004-0864                                
                               Application 09/850,924                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                      
                                  _______________                                   
         Before PAK, TIMM and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.            
         PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.                                  

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 

              This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s           
         final rejection of claims 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10.                            
              Claims 1 and 8 are representative of the subject matter on            
         appeal, and are set forth below:                                           
                   1.  In a combination including a mowing implement                
              capable of forming a windrow therebehind and a windrow                
              grouper arrangement mounted on the mowing implement for               
              pivoting vertically between a lowered working position                
              wherein crop discharged by the mowing implement is                    
              intercepted and conveyed sideways to form a windrow                   






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