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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         not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the            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. 27          

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                    __________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                    __________                                      
                    Ex parte LORONZO H. THOMSON, BRIAN THOMSON,                     
                                And MARK P. MCJUNKIN                                
                                    __________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2004-1383                                
                             Application No. 09/658,389                             
                                    ___________                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                      
                                    ___________                                     
         Before GARRIS, WARREN, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent                 
         Judges.                                                                    
         DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                 
         (2003) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through             
         6, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20 through 22, 24 through 27, and 29            
         through 31 (final Office action mailed May 1, 2003, paper 20) in           








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