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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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KIMBERLY A. SHEPHERD                                                 
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                                                 Appeal No. 2001-2612                                                   
                                               Application No. 09/479,741                                               
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                         
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              Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                      
              ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      



                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      
                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-20                    
              and 22, which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                          


                     We REVERSE.                                                                                        













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