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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                    publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                                Ex parte YORAM CURIEL                                 
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                                Appeal No. 1999-0913                                  
                             Application No. 08/723,330                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before ABRAMS, PATE, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 23                
          through 25.  These are the only claims remaining in the                     
          application.  The invention is directed to a method for                     
          protecting information displayed on an article.  The method                 
          includes providing a refractive image on the article that                   

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