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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           not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                            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. 15                    
                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                
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                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                   
                                       AND INTERFERENCES                                          
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                                   Ex parte ERIC F. JUNKEL                                        
                                      and LINDA M. USHER                                          
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                                     Appeal No. 2001-1360                                         
                                    Application 09/290,056                                        
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                                            ON BRIEF                                              
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           Before CALVERT, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent                              
           Judges.                                                                                
           MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                  

                                      DECISION ON APPEAL                                          
                 Eric F. Junkel et al. appeal from the final rejection                            
           (Paper No. 7) of claims 1 through 12 and 15 through 22, all of                         
           the claims pending in the application.                                                 
                                         THE INVENTION                                            
                 The invention relates to a portable spray misting device                         
           which is defined in representative claim 1 as follows:                                 
                 1.  A portable spray misting device comprising:                                  
                 an internally hollowed body capable of holding a volume                          
           of a fluid to be dispensed, said body having a substantially                           
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