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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                                      for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12              


                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                     
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                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                      
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                        Ex parte DAVID J. LONG, PAUL A. KRUPA and  DAVID J. MANSFIELD                                     
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                                                  Appeal No. 2001-2213                                                    
                                                Application No. 09/399,418                                                
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                          
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              Before ABRAMS, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                
              NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                          




                                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       
                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 4,                   
              which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                                    


                     We REVERSE.                                                                                          










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