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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                                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 29                           

                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
                                                 ________________                                                      
                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
                                                 ________________                                                      
                               Ex parte KIM SVERKER IMMANUEL PETTERSSON                                                
                                          and TIMO NILS-ERIK LUVGREN                                                   
                                                 ________________                                                      
                                               Appeal No. 2001-1412                                                    
                                             Application No. 08/629,1771                                               
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                          
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              Before:  TORCZON, SPIEGEL and GARDNER-LANE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                
              SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                    


                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       

                     This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final                      
              rejection of claims 1 through 4, 7 through 17 and 20 through 54, which are all of the claims             
              pending in this application.  Claims 1, 2 and 15 are illustrative and are attached as an                 
              appendix to this decision.                                                                               
                     The examiner relies upon the following references as evidence of obviousness:                     


                     Application for patent filed April 8, 1996.1                                                                                                





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