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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 19              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte TRUMAN COLLINS                                
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                                Appeal No. 2001-2595                                  
                               Application 09/245,640                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1, 3, 19, 20, 22 through 24, 26 through 30              
          and 33.  Claim 2 stands allowed.  Claims 4 through 12, 14 through           
          18, 21, 25, 31 and 32, the only other claims remaining in the               
          application, have been withdrawn from consideration by the                  
          examiner as being directed to non-elected species.  Claim 13 has            
          been canceled.                                                              

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