Ex Parte WRIGHT - Page 1




          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the              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. 64              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte RICHARD B. WRIGHT                               
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                                 Appeal No. 2003-0786                                  
                                Application 09/059,712                                 
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                                       ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                       
          rejection of claims 24 through 35, 37, 42 through 44, 46, 48, 50,            
          52 and 54, which are the only claims remaining in this                       
          application.  Claims 1 through 23, 36, 38 through 41, 45, 47, 49,            
          51, 53 and 55 have been canceled.1                                           


               1  Decided concurrently herewith is the appeal in appellant’s           
          co-pending Application No. 09/282865, filed March 31, 1999                   
          (Appeal No. 2003-1352). Given the close nature of the subject                
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