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              The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was          
              not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board.          
                                                             Paper No. 14             
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                           Ex parte DOUGLAS PETER MAGYARI                             
                               and DAVID KEITH MAGYARI                                
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                                Appeal No. 2001-1923                                  
                             Application No. 09/031,356                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before THOMAS, FLEMING and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  

               Appellants have appeal to the Board from the examiner’s                
          final rejection of claims 26-28.                                            
               Representative claim 26 is reproduced below:                           
                    26.  A sound capturing device, comprising:                        
                    a body portion geometrically configured to                        
               simulate the acoustic properties of a human head and                   
               torso;                                                                 
                    a first microphone coupled to the body portion                    
               for generating a first signal corresponding                            
               substantially to a vibrational frequency of said body                  
               portion in response to a received sound wave; and                      
                    a second microphone affixed to the body portion                   
               and integral with the first microphone for generating                  
               a second signal corresponding substantially to a                       





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