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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 11           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                               Ex parte THOMAS WAGNER                                 
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2004-0185                                  
                             Application No. 09/923,016                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before KIMLIN, PAK and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                 
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 9, 10,            
          13, 16 and 17.  Claim 16 is illustrative:                                   
               16.  The combination of a postal stamp and sticker for use             
          for retaining a foldable flyer in closure during mailing, said              
          postal stamp and sticker being formed of two parts, said postal             
          stamp and sticker parts being foldably connected along contiguous           
          edges, said postal stamp and sticker parts at their fold line               
          being formed as a line of perforation to form said fold line                
          intermediate thereof, said postal stamp being imprinted with                
          postal stamp indicia acceptable for transfer through mailing,               
          while said sticker portion capable of folding over for adhering             
          the foldable flyer into closure during mailing, and said foldable           
          postal sticker portion being imprinted with indicia.                        

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