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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                              Ex parte FRANCIS C. CARROLL                             
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                                 Appeal No. 2000-2040                                 
                              Application No. 09/027,867                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before McQUADE, NASE, and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 21, which are             
          all of the claims pending in this application.1                             

               We REVERSE and REMAND.                                                 




               1 Claim 9 was amended subsequent to the final rejection.               




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