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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 17              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                          Ex parte ANTHONY ITALO PROVITOLA                            
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                                Appeal No. 2003-0304                                  
                               Application 09/703,302                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   


          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                      
          rejection of claims 1 through 19.  Claim 20, the only other claim           
          remaining in the application, has been withdrawn from                       
          consideration by the examiner as being directed to a non-elected            
          species.                                                                    


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