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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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD J. McCURDY, STEVE E. PHILLIPS,                                                                
                                                and DAVID W. PERRY                                                                            
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                                                 Appeal No. 2006-0552                                                                         
                                              Application No. 10/167,160                                                                      

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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                                               
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             Before CAROFF, GAUDETTE, and NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                               
             CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                             

                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                              
                    This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 13-23,                                         
             all of the pending claims remaining in appellants’ application.                                                                  
                    The claims on appeal are directed to a coated glass article.  Claim 13, which is                                          
             one of two independent claims, is illustrative of the subject matter encompassed by the                                          
             appealed claims:                                                                                                                 
             13.  A coated glass article comprising:                                                                                          
                    a)  a glass substrate;                                                                                                    















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