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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                                 for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22            
                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                        
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                           
                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                 
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                         Ex parte THOMAS J. MACKEY                                            
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                             Appeal No. 2004-0190                                             
                                           Application No. 09/479,531                                         
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                                   ON BRIEF                                                   
                                                 ____________                                                 
            Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                     
            ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                              



                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                
                   This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 14-17,          
            24 and 26-28.  Claims 1-8 and 10-13 have been allowed, claims 9 and 18-23 have been               
            canceled, and claim 25 has been indicated as containing allowable subject matter.                 


                   We AFFIRM-IN-PART.                                                                         











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