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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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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          Ex parte JAMES R.H. CHALLENGER, CAMERON FERSTAT, ARUN K. IYENGAR,            
                 PAUL REED, GERALD A. SPIVAK, and KAREN A. WITTING                     
                                    _____________                                      
                                 Appeal No. 2004-1585                                  
                              Application No. 09/283,562                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                         
                                   _______________                                     

          Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                      
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims                    
          1 through 22.                                                                
               The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus               
          for constructing and publishing a plurality of objects.  When at             
          least one of the objects includes at least one fragment that                 





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