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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  KUI-CHIU KWOK                               
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                                Appeal No. 2002-2130                                
                             Application No. 09/483,647                             
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                                      ON BRIEF                                      
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         Before OWENS, TIMM and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent                  
         Judges.                                                                    
         PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.                                  

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 

              This is an appeal from the final rejection claims 26-34.              
         As indicated on page 2 of the answer, claims 1-25 have been                
         withdrawn from consideration as not being directed to the                  
         elected invention.                                                         
              Claim 26 is representative of the subject matter on appeal,           
         and is set forth below:                                                    
                   26.  A liquid atomization method comprising:                     
                   forming an atomized liquid flow adjacent a moving                
              article by drawing a liquid with continuous fluid                     
              flows directed along substantially opposite sides of                  
              the liquid;                                                           







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