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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 45           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    ____________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    ____________                                      
                Ex parte DANIEL DAVID YOUNG, KENNETH ADAIR WHEELER,                   
                     FRANK PAUL BISCRDI and EDWARD BROOKS MOORE                       
                                    ____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2003-0583                                  
                             Application No. 09/270,688                               
                                    ____________                                      
                               Heard: October 21, 2003                                
                                    ____________                                      
          Before BARRETT, FLEMING, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent             
          Judges.                                                                     
          FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1, 3, 4 and 6-29.  Claims 2, 5 and 30 have been canceled.            
                                      Invention                                       
               The invention relates to a method and system for forming               
          custom-made insoles, wherein the bottom surface of the foot is              
          measured by a laser scanning station and the measurements are               
          forwarded to a milling station where the custom-made insole is              
          produced.                                                                   








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