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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                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. 23                
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte ELLIOT W. LEE                                
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                                Appeal No. 2001-2288                                 
                               Application 09/175,570                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before STAAB, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               Elliot W. Lee appeals from the examiner’s rejection                   
          (Paper No. 15) of claims 1, 2, 6, 9 and 11.  Claims 10 and 19,             
          the only other claims pending in the application, stand                    
          allowed.                                                                   
                                    THE INVENTION                                    
               The invention relates to “adhesive-type traps for                     
          catching  . . . insects, particularly cockroaches”                         
          (specification, page 2).  Representative claim 1 reads as                  
          follows:                                                                   
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