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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                               for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21          

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                        
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                          
                                       AND INTERFERENCES                                               
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                                        Ex parte GARY L. SITTON                                        
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                                          Appeal No. 2002-0606                                         
                                        Application No. 08/989,574                                     
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                                               ON BRIEF                                                
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            Before COHEN, 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 1 to 6,   
            15 to 18, 20 and 22.  Claims 19, 21 and 23 have been objected to as depending from a       
            non-allowed claim.  Claims 7 to 10 and 14 have been withdrawn from consideration.          
            Claims 11 to 13 have been canceled.                                                        


                  We REVERSE.                                                                          







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