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                                The opinion in support of the decision entered today was not written                        
                                     for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             

                                                                                                 Paper No. 21               

                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                   
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                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                                          Ex parte FRIEDRICH R. SCHNEIDER                                                   
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                                                   Appeal No. 2002-1507                                                     
                                                Application No. 09/196,687                                                  
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                                                         ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before STAAB, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                
              STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                           




                                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        


                     Friedrich R. Schneider appeals from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-5, all                  
              the claims currently pending in the application.                                                              


                     Appellant’s invention pertains to the structure of a leader for a fly fishing line.  The               
              leader is constructed from a single length of monofilament using the apparatus 30 shown                       






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