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              The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was          
              not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board.          
                                                             Paper No. 22             
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte H. ADDISON SOVINE                               
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                                Appeal No. 2004-0100                                  
                             Application No. 09/650,843                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KIMLIN, OWENS and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.                                   

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the            
          examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-25.  A copy of each of               
          these claims is set forth in the attached appendix.                         
               The examiner relies upon the following references as                   
          evidence of unpatentability:                                                

          Duer        4,787,289             Nov. 29, 1988                             
          Fumero            WO 94/27111       Nov. 24, 1994                           









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