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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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                              Ex parte ALLAN P. THOMPSON                              
                                  and JOHN K. SHIGLEY                                 
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2002-0038                                 
                              Application No. 09/090,256                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before KRATZ, TIMM and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to            
          allow claims 6-11, 14-22, 24-27, 29, 31 and 33-36.  Claims 12,              
          23, 28, 30, 37 and 38, which are all of the other claims that               
          remain pending in this application, have been indicated as                  
          containing allowable subject matter by the examiner but have been           
          objected to as depending from a rejected base claim.  See page 2            
          of the answer.                                                              











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