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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           written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ALAN J. SOUCY                                 
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                                Appeal No. 2006-0294                                  
                             Application No. 09/953,030                               
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                                    ON BRIEF                                          
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          Before KIMLIN, JEFFREY T. SMITH and FRANKLIN, Administrative                
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-19              
          and 21.  Claims 1 and 19 are illustrative:                                  
               1.   An apparatus for dampening vibrations, comprising:                
                    an enclosure containing a gel-like material and                   
                    a bladder disposed within the enclosure, the bladder at           
                    least partially surrounded by and in contact with the             
                    gel-like material.                                                
          19.    A method of attenuating vibration, the method                        
          comprising the steps of:                                                    
                    disposing a vibration dampening apparatus in a fixture,           
          the vibration dampening apparatus comprising:                               




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