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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                                      for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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.  17                                                                                                    

                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                       
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                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                        
                                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                                            
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                                              Ex parte STEPHEN G. LAUBE                                                         
                                                              and                                                               
                                                     MICHAEL CURTIN                                                             
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                 Appeal No. 2002-0466                                                                                           
                                               Application No. 09/456,273                                                       
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                                                         ON BRIEF                                                               
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               Before OWENS, LIEBERMAN, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.                                     
               LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                          
                                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                                            
                      This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner                                 
               refusing to allow claims 1 through 41 and 47 through 53, as amended subsequent to the                            
               final rejection, which are all the claims pending in this application.                                           











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