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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                                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                     

                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                               
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                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                 
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                     
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                   Ex parte PAUL A. HOSIER, THOMAS GRIMSLEY, and JOSEF E. JEDLICKA                               
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                                              Appeal No. 2005-1057                                               
                                            Application No. 09/802,792                                           
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                                                    ON BRIEF                                                     
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             Before KRASS, CRAWFORD, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges.                                 
             CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                              



                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                  
                   This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 3             
             and 6 to 30, which are all of the claims pending in this application.  Claims 4,  5 and 33          
             have been canceled, claims 11 to 19 are allowable and claims 31 to 32 and 34 to 37                  
             have been withdrawn from consideration.                                                             
                   We affirm.                                                                                    











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