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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          was not written for publication and is not binding precedent                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. 26              



                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte GEOFFREY B. RHOADS                              
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                                Appeal No. 2003-0274                                  
                               Application 09/476,460                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This appeal1 involves claims 2 through 9.                              
               The disclosed invention relates to a method of decoding                
          information steganographically encoded within an image.                     

               1 Although claims 1 through 10 are pending in this                     
          application, appellant has chosen to limit the appeal to claims 2           
          through 9 (brief, page 4).                                                  
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