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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 17                
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte MATTHEW R. FEULNER                              
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                                Appeal No. 2002-0538                                  
                               Application 09/220,468                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Matthew R. Feulner appeals from the final rejection of                 
          claims 1 through 21, all of the claims pending in the                       
          application.                                                                
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to a gas turbine engine which is                 
          defined in representative claims 1 and 10 as follows:                       
               1.  A gas turbine engine having a compressor section, a                
          combustor section, and a turbine section enclosed in an engine              
          case with an annular flow path extending axially therethrough,              


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