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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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25                                                                                 

                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                         
                                                  ____________                                                  
                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                           
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                 
                                                  ____________                                                  
                           Ex parte JAMES RALPH CASE, MICHAEL JAMES CUMMINGS,                                   
                              JOHN MICHAEL GRIFFIN, and MICHAEL VITO LONGO                                      
                                                  ____________                                                  
                                               Appeal No. 2002-1127                                             
                                            Application No. 09/042,897                                          
                                                  ____________                                                  
                                                    ON BRIEF                                                    
                                                  ____________                                                  
             Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and COHEN and STAAB, Administrative              
             Patent Judges.                                                                                     
             STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                



                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                
                   This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 12-14, all the 
             claims currently pending in the application.  The amendment filed subsequent to the final rejection
             has been entered.                                                                                  











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