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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                                  publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                        
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                           
                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                 
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                                         Ex parte FRANK S. JOHNSON                                            
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                             Appeal No. 2001-0297                                             
                                           Application No. 09/196,375                                         
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                                                   ON BRIEF                                                   
                                                 ____________                                                 
            Before KRASS, DIXON, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.                               
            DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                               


                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                
                   This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 3-5 and         
            8-10, which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                    


                   We REVERSE.                                                                                














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