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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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28              

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                               
                                                     ____________                                                      
                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                 
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                      
                                                     ____________                                                      
               Ex parte JOHN L. SULLIVAN, JOHN MATTHEW GINDER and KIRSTEN MARIE CARR                                   
                                                     ____________                                                      
                                                 Appeal No. 2003-0749                                                  
                                              Application No. 09/332,070                                               
                                                     ____________                                                      
                                                       ON BRIEF                                                        
                                                     ____________                                                      
              Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                          
              BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                       



                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                     
                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-4, 6-9               
              and 11-20.  Claims 5, 10 and 21 were canceled subsequent to the final rejection (see                     
              Paper Nos. 20 and 22).  No other claims are pending in this application.                                 
                     We REVERSE.                                                                                       











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