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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                                      for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23               

                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                         
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                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                           
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                             
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                  Ex parte MICHAEL E. COUGHLIN, ARPITA BANERJEE, LAWRENCE E. GUERRA,                                          
                            KEITH W. KUDERA, RONALD A. LEONARD, HAMID MASSALI,                                                
                                    DAVID M. MCDONALD and FRED T. STEINBACH                                                   
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                                                    Appeal No. 2004-0376                                                      
                                                 Application No. 09/457,286                                                   
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                                                          ON BRIEF                                                            
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              Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                
              NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                              



                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                         
                      This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 31,                     
              which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                                        


                      We AFFIRM-IN-PART.                                                                                      









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