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          Appeal No. 2003-0515                                                        
          Application 09/296,216                                                      

               This appeal has the same issues already considered and                 
          decided upon in Appeal No. 2003-0604.  We therefore incorporate             
          our decision in Appeal No. 2003-0604 in its entirety herein.  In            
          view of our decision made in 2003-0604, we reverse each of the 35           
          U.S.C. § 103 rejections.  However, each of the provisional                  
          rejections under the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-            
          type double patenting is affirmed.                                          
               No time period for taking any subsequent action in                     
          connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR                    
          § 1.136(a).                                                                 

                                         AFFIRMED                                     





                   Thomas A. Waltz             )                                     
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                    Catherine Timm              ) BOARD OF PATENT                     
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