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                      Appeal No. 2006-2480                                                                                                                
                      Application No. 10/384,862                                                                                                          


                               We have carefully considered the arguments raised by appellant in the                                                      
                      request for rehearing, but none of these arguments are persuasive that the                                                          
                      original decision was in error.  We are still of the view that the invention set forth                                              
                      in claims 1 and 3-10 is not patentable over the applied prior art based on the                                                      
                      record before us in the original appeal.                                                                                            
                               We have granted appellant‘s request to the extent that we have                                                             
                      reconsidered our decision of Sept. 27, 2006, but we deny the request with                                                           
                      respect to making any changes therein.                                                                                              


                                                             REHEARING DENIED                                                                             




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                      JS/jaj/rwk                                                                                                                          

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