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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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 HUW DAVID JONES                                
                                   and KENT PATRAS                                    
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2001-2139                                  
                               Application 09/189,643                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ___________                                      
          Before COHEN, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Huw David Jones et al. appeal from the final rejection of              
          claims 6 through 10, all the claims pending in the                          
          application.                                                                
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The invention relates to “a method for coating a blood                 
          sample collection tube” (specification, page 1).                            
          Representative claim 6 reads as follows:                                    


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