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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 8               

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte JAMES STANFIELD                                
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                                Appeal No. 2000-2008                                  
                             Application No. 09/227,903                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to              
          11, all the claims in the application.                                      
               The involved invention concerns an aid for teaching                    
          children and the handicapped how to tie a bow in a shoelace.                
          The subject matter in issue is defined by claims 1 to 11,                   

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