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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the              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. 25              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                      __________                                       
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                      __________                                       
                             Ex parte DENNIS R. GELARDEN                               
                                      __________                                       
                                 Appeal No. 2002-0701                                  
                                Application 09/201,269                                 
                                     ___________                                       
                                       ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ___________                                       
          Before KIMLIN, OWENS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This appeal is from the third rejection (non-final) of                  
          claims 1-28, which are all of the claims in the application.1                







               1 In an appeal in which claims have been at least twice                 
          rejected, the board has jurisdiction as discussed in Ex parte                
          Lemoine, 46 USPQ2d 1432 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 1995).                         
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