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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                                 for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20            
                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                         
                                                 ____________                                                  
                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                            
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                 
                                                 ____________                                                  
                                        Ex parte THOMAS D. TAGGART                                             
                                                 ____________                                                  
                                             Appeal No. 2002-1063                                              
                                           Application No. 09/306,552                                          
                                                 ____________                                                  
                                                   ON BRIEF                                                    
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             Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges.                                
             ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                              



                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                
                   This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-17,            
             19, 21 and 35.  Claim 18 has been canceled and claims 20 and 22-34 have been                      
             withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non-elected invention.                        


                   We REVERSE.                                                                                 











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