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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                          written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                            

                                                                                                                Paper No. 33                            

                                       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 TRAMONTINA                                                                          
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                                                          Appeal No. 2000-1649                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/951,077                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before CALVERT, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                         
                 CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to                                                                     
                 21, all the claims in the application.                                                                                                 
                          The claims on appeal are drawn to a vandal-resistant                                                                          
                 dispenser for washroom products, such as paper towels, and are                                                                         
                 reproduced in the appendix of appellant’s brief.1                                                                                      

                          1All references herein to appellant’s brief are to the                                                                        
                 re-submitted brief filed on Feb. 23, 2000 (Paper No. 31).                                                                              





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