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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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    _____________                                     
             Ex parte MARIO BECHTOLD, BERND GRANZ, HANS-PETER HEINDEL,                
                              and ANDREA HEILINGBRUNNER                               
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 2003-1751                                  
                             Application No. 09/179,357                               
                                   ______________                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    

          Before PAK, WARREN, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                           


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from             
          the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 and 3 through 9, which           
          are all of the claims pending in the present application.                   
                               APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER                                
               The subject matter on appeal is directed to a device for               
          transmitting ultrasonic therapy to a breast of a patient.  See              







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