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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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19              

                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                     
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                      
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
                                                     ____________                                                       
                        Ex parte JOHN P. BIONDO, DENNIS C. LAPHAN, DONALD R. MAIER,                                     
                                    WILLIAM F. NETH and CHARLES F. WINBURN                                              
                                                     ____________                                                       
                                                 Appeal No. 2003-1289                                                   
                                               Application No. 09/028,796                                               
                                                     ____________                                                       
                                                       ON BRIEF                                                         
                                                     ____________                                                       
              Before ABRAMS, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                           
              NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                        



                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      
                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 22 to 24,               
              26 and 27.  Claims 25 and 28 to 36, the only other claims pending in this application,                    
              have been allowed.                                                                                        


                     We AFFIRM.                                                                                         








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