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               today was not written for publication and is not binding               
               precedent of the Board.                                                

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                              Ex parte WILLIAM K. LEONARD                             
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                                 Appeal No. 2005-0638                                 
                              Application No. 10/087,301                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before KIMLIN, WALTZ, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                     
               This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s            
          final rejection of claims 30 through 48 (Brief, page 5).  Claims            
          1-29 and 51-57 stand withdrawn from further consideration by the            
          examiner as directed to a non-elected invention (final Office               
          action dated Dec. 23, 2003; Brief, page 5).  The remaining claims           
          pending in this application are claims 49 and 50, which stand               
          allowed by the examiner (Brief, page 5; Answer, page 2; Reply               








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