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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. 18             
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                    Ex parte THEODORE TYSAK, MARK STEPHEN FRAZZA                      
                               and LEO JOSEPH PROCOPIO                                
                                                                                     
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                                Appeal No. 2004-1872                                  
                             Application No. 09/886,183                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before PAK, DELMENDO, 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 7-10 and 16-19.                        
               Claims 7 and 9 are representative of the subject matter on             
          appeal, and are set forth below:                                            







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