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            0The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.          
                                                                  Paper No. 23         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                      ____________                                     
                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                       Ex parte DIETER FEST and MARKUS EDSPERGER                       
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                                  Appeal No. 2004-1598                                 
                              Application No. 09/250,8781                              
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                                        ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before HAIRSTON, LEVY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final                  
          rejection of claims 1-3 and 5-7, which are all of the claims                 
          pending in this application.                                                 
               We reverse.                                                             
                                      BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellants’ invention is directed to a theft protection                 
          system for an automobile and a method for initializing the theft             
          protection system.                                                           
               1  Application for patent filed February 16, 1999, which claims the     
          foreign filing priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of German Application  
          No. 198 05 969.8, filed February 13, 1998.                                   




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