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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                                       and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25                                                                                     
                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                        
                                                ____________                                                 
                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                          
                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                
                                                ____________                                                 
                            Ex parte RABAH S. HAMDI and EDWARD E. OLKKOLA                                    
                                                ____________                                                 
                                             Appeal No.2002-1516                                             
                                          Application No.  09/052,744                                        
                                                ____________                                                 
                                                  ON BRIEF                                                   
                                                ____________                                                 
            Before BARRETT, DIXON, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                   
            DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                              



                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                               
                   This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-4, 6-8,      
            10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 23, and 24.  Claims 12, 13, 15, 16, and 19-22 have been objected to          
            by the examiner and would be allowable if rewritten in independent form.                         


                   We AFFIRM-IN-PART.                                                                        









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