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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          written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                   
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                               Ex parte STORRS T. HOEN                                
                                          and                                         
                                    JONAH A. HARLEY                                   
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                                Appeal No. 2003-2114                                  
                             Application No. 09/757,430                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before GARRIS, WARREN, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final                 
          rejection of claims 14, 17, 20, and 23.                                     
                                 REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM                                 
               The appellants have indicated (Brief, page 3) that, for the            
          purposes of this appeal, claims 14, 19-20 and 22-23 stand                   
          together, and claim 17 stands alone.  Consistent with this                  
          indication, we shall focus our analysis on claims 14 and 17, which          
          are reproduced (with any preceding claims from which they depend)           
          as follows.                                                                 






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