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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                    
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                  
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                              
                                                               Paper No. 27            

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                                                                      
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                                                                      
                       Ex parte THOMAS ABRAHAM, JAMES A. BONDUR                        
                                 and JAMES P. GARCIA                                   
                                                                                      
                                 Appeal No. 2002-0818                                  
                              Application No. 09/075,854                               
                                                                                      
                                       ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                      
          Before KIMLIN, PAK and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                  
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-24               
          and 26-29, all the claims remaining in the present application.              
          Claim 1 is illustrative:                                                     











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