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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                                                                 for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34                                


                                                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                                                       
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                                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                                                     
                                                                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                                              
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                                                                                 Ex parte KENNETH TUROS                                                                                                          
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                                                                                      Appeal No. 2002-0022                                                                                                       
                                                                                  Application No. 09/161,071                                                                                                     
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                                                                                                ON BRIEF1                                                                                                        
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                        Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, FRANKFORT and NASE,                                                                                                               
                        Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                                                                            


                        NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                                                       





                                                                                    DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                                           

                                    This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 39 to 50,                                                                                         

                        which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                                                                                                                 





                                    1We note that the appellant has requested an oral hearing (Paper No. 27, filed July 2, 2001), but                                                                            
                        under the circumstances a hearing is not considered necessary.  See 37 CFR § 1.194(c), last sentence, as                                                                                 
                        amended effective Dec. 1, 1997, by final rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53131 (Oct. 10, 1997), 1203 Off. Gaz.                                                                                 
                        Pat. Office 63, (Oct. 21, 1997).                                                                                                                                                         





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