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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        written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16          

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                    __________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                              Ex parte BRIAN C. TRASK                               
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                                Appeal No. 2004-1408                                
                             Application No. 10/166,590                             
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                                      ON BRIEF                                      
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         Before PAK, OWENS, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.             
         DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     


                                DECISION ON REHEARING                               
              This is in response to the appellant’s request for                    
         rehearing (request) pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.197(b)                          
         (2003)(effective Dec. 1, 1997), filed on Jul. 15, 2004 (paper              
         15), of our Jun. 28, 2004 decision (paper 14).  In our original            
         decision, we affirmed the examiner’s rejection under 35 U.S.C. §           
         103(a) (2003) of appealed claims 27 and 30 as unpatentable over            
         U.S. Patent No. 4,150,851 issued to Cienfuegos on Apr. 24, 1979.           
         (Original decision, pages 3-9.)                                            







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