Ex Parte Vidal et al - 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                                     for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27              

                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                     
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                       
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                          
                                                     ____________                                                        
                                    Ex parte CLAUDE A. VIDAL, ALAN K. PLYLEY,                                            
                                 RUSSELL J. REDMOND and ROGER LAGERQUIST                                                 
                                                     ____________                                                        
                                                 Appeal No. 2003-1568                                                    
                                               Application No. 09/516,603                                                
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                         
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              Before COHEN, STAAB, 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 1, 8, 9,                 
              16, 17, 25 to 32 and 34.1  Claims 33 and 35 to 40 stand allowed.  Claims 2 to 7, 14, 22                    
              and 23 have been withdrawn from consideration.  Claims 10 to 13, 15, 18 to 21 and 24                       
              have been canceled.                                                                                        


                     We REVERSE.                                                                                         


                     1 Claim 25 was amended subsequent to the final rejection.                                           




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