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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           written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14                   

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       

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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                Ex parte RALPH L. PICCININO, JR. and KEVIN H. BLAKLEY                 
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                                Appeal No. 2001-0912                                  
                             Application No. 09/082,957                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
          This is a decision on an appeal from the refusal of the                     
          examiner to allow claims 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 22, 24, 27 and 29 as               
          amended subsequent to the final rejection.  The only other claims           
          remaining in the application, which are claims 5, 25 and 28,                
          stand objected to by the examiner but otherwise allowable.                  






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