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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                                     for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BRIAN FEENEY and CHRIS WALDECK                                                                      
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                                                  Appeal No. 2006-0911                                                                           
                                               Application No. 09/248,595                                                                        
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                                                        ON BRIEF                                                                                 
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              Before FRANKFORT, OWENS, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                   
              BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                 


                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                
                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claim 3, which                                          
              is the only claim pending in this application.  This is the second appeal in this                                                  
              application.  In a decision mailed January 27, 2003 (Appeal No. 2002-0979), the                                                    
              examiner's rejection of claims 1-6, 8-12, 17 and 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 was                                                      
              reversed, a new rejection of claim 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 was entered and the                                                    
              application was remanded to the examiner for consideration of a written description                                                
              issue.  Subsequent to that decision, appellants cancelled all of the claims except claim                                           
              3.                                                                                                                                 















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