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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                                Ex parte PLEUN MEERKERK                               
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                                 Appeal No. 2004-0941                                 
                              Application No. 09/180,901                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before COHEN, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  


               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 9, 13,            
          and 16 through 19.  These claims constitute all of the claims               
          remaining in the application.                                               


               Appellant’s invention pertains to a revetment for a water-             
          retaining structure and to an element for a revetment.  A basic             
          understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of             
          exemplary claims 9 and 17, respective copies of which appear in             
          the Appendix of the main brief (Paper No. 22).                              






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