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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        written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                              Ex parte NORA L. CARROLL,                               
                                    HYUN S. LIM,                                      
                               GEORGE J. OSTAPCHENKO,                                 
                                 SHAILAJA R. VAIDYA,                                  
                                 J. MICHAEL MCKENNA,                                  
                                   JOHN J. CURRO,                                     
                                   GARY D. LAVON,                                     
                                         and                                          
                                  RICHARD L. SPARKS                                   
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2003-0577                                  
                             Application No. 09/194,378                               
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ___________                                      
          Before OWENS, DELMENDO, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                  
          (2002) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 27 through             










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