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        1       The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for                  
        2                   publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                              
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        6               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                               
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        9                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                
        10                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                     
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        13    Ex parte GERALD FRANCIS MCBREARTY, SHAWN PATRICK MULLEN,                                          
        14                           and JOHNNY MENG-HAN SHIEH                                                  
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        17                                  Appeal No. 2007-0731                                                
        18                               Application No. 09/899,454                                             
        19                                 Technology Center 2100                                               
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        22                                 Decided: April 24, 2007                                              
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        25   Before ANITA PELLMAN GROSS, STUART S. LEVY, and ROBERT E. NAPPI                                    
        26   Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                      
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        28   NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                
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        31                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                    
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        33         This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the final rejection of                 
        34      claims 1 through 36.  For the reasons stated infra we affirm the Examiner’s                     
        35      rejection of these claims.                                                                      

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