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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                                            for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26                   


                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                       
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                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                       AND INTERFERENCES                                                                       
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                                                   Ex parte CHARLES O. TOWNLEY                                                                 
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                                                           Appeal No. 2002-2198                                                                
                                                        Application No. 09/408,409                                                             
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                                                                  ON BRIEF                                                                     
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                Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                             
                NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                             




                                                          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                   

                         This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 2 to 14                                    

                and 19 to 25, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1                                                        



                         We REVERSE.                                                                                                           



                         1 Claims 2, 19, 20 and 23 were amended subsequent to the final rejection.  The rejection of claim                     
                23 under 35 U.S.C. § 112 set forth in the final rejection was not set forth in the examiner's answer.  We                      
                assume that this ground of rejection has been withdrawn by the examiner.  See Ex parte Emm, 118 USPQ                           
                180, 181 (Bd. App. 1957).                                                                                                      






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