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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                                 for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35            
                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                         
                                                 ____________                                                  
                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                            
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                 
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                                          Ex parte WILLIAM C. KURTZ                                            
                                                 ____________                                                  
                                             Appeal No. 2004-0191                                              
                                           Application No. 09/072,241                                          
                                                 ____________                                                  
                                                   ON BRIEF                                                    
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             Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges.                                
             ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                              



                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                
                   This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 18, 19           
             and 21-27.  Claims 6, 7 and 11 have been withdrawn from consideration as being                    
             drawn to a non-elected invention, claims 28-32 have been allowed, and the remaining               
             claims have been canceled.                                                                        


                   We AFFIRM-IN-PART.                                                                          









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