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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                                Ex parte JOHN G. POSA                                 
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2004-0146                                  
                               Application 09/851,911                                 
                                                                                     
                                HEARD: March 4, 2004                                  
                                                                                     
          Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                      
          rejection of claims 1, 3, 4 and 11 through 16.  Claims 7                    
          through 10, the only other claims pending in the application,               
          stand withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner as               
          being directed to a non-elected invention.  Claims 2, 5 and 6               
          have been canceled.                                                         

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