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             The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was         
             not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board.         
                                                            Paper No. 22            
                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                     Ex parte JOHN H. MCMANUS, J. DOHN HETHCOCK                     
                                and JOHN MCCULLOUGH                                 
                                                                                   
                                    ____________                                    

                                Appeal No. 2004-2304                                
                             Application No. 09/886,735                             
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                                      ON BRIEF                                      
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         Before TIMM, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative             
         Patent Judges.                                                             
         PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.                                  

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is a decision on appeal under § 134 from the                     
         examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, and 3-15.  Claims 1, 8,            
         and 12 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and              
         are set forth below:                                                       
                   1. A combination snowshoe and ski that operates                  
              in both a snowshoe mode and a ski mode, the                           
              combination snowshoe and ski comprising:                              




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