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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          publication and is not binding precedent of the Board                       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 CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON, BRIAN F. BEATON,                     
                    CLIFFORD P. GROSSNER, DOUGLAS E. LIVERSIDGE,                      
                         ROMAN ROMANIUK, COLIN D. R. SMITH,                           
                        JAMES F. ZDRALEK, JEAN J. BOUCHARD,                           
                      STEPHANE F. FORTIER and L. LLOYD WILLIAMS                       
                               ______________________                                 
                                Appeal No. 2005-1132                                  
                             Application No. 09/738,294                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and DIXON, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          SMITH, JERRY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                  

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                                                                                     
          This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                      
          from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-23, which constitute              
          all the claims in the application.                                          


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