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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                                          for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34                      



                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                         
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                          
                                                      AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                                      Ex parte JOHN R. PORTER,                                                                  
                                                             JOHN C. HEAD,                                                                      
                                                   GRAHAM J. WARRELLOW, and                                                                     
                                                        SARAH C. ARCHIBALD                                                                      
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                                                         Appeal No. 2003-1016                                                                   
                                                       Application No. 09/450,999                                                               
                                                                __________                                                                      
                                                                 ON BRIEF                                                                       
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                Before WINTERS, ADAMS, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                 
                WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                           
                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                      
                         This appeal was taken from the examiner's decision rejecting claims 2 through                                          
                13, 15 through 17, and 19 through 22.  Claim 14, which is the only other claim                                                  
                remaining in the application, stands allowed.                                                                                   
                         A correct copy of the appealed claims may be found in Appendix A attached to                                           
                the Appeal Brief (Paper No. 29).                                                                                                








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