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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              and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MING NIEN                                                                            
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                                                 Appeal No. 2006-0172                                                                           
                                               Application No. 10/460,478                                                                       
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                                               HEARD: February 22, 2006                                                                         
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              Before FRANKFORT, CRAWFORD, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                               
              FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                           


                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                               
              This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 9                                            
              and 13 through 15.  As noted on page 2 of the brief, the rejection of claim 12 is “not                                            
              being appealed.” Claims 10 and 11, the only other claims remaining in the application,                                            
              stand allowed.                                                                                                                    


              Appellant’s invention is directed to a venetian type blind window covering having                                                 
              fabric slats (22) and light screening fabric flaps (26) attached to and suspended from                                            
              one or both edges of the slats to form a light screening face at one of the front and back                                        
















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