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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                    
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                     Ex parte ARLEN L. ROESNER and ERICK J. TUTTLE                                     
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                                  Appeal No. 2006-0027                                                 
                              Application No. 10/287,889                                               
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                                        ON BRIEF                                                       
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          Before McQUADE, CRAWFORD, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                            
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                        

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                                   
               Arlen L. Roesner et al. appeal from the final rejection of                              
          claims 1-23 and 44-61.  Claims 24-43, the only other claims                                  
          pending in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration                               
          pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b).                                                               

                                    THE INVENTION                                                      
               The invention relates to a system for securing an expansion                             
          card to a computer chassis, and to a method for manufacturing                                
          such a system.  Representative claims 1, 11, 44 and 51 read as                               
          follows:                                                                                     













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