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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                                            and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                              
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                                  UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                         
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                                            BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                      
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                           
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                                                 Ex parte MIGUEL A. GUERRA                                                          
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                                                      Appeal No. 2006-1161                                                          
                                                   Application No. 10/322,254                                                       
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                                                            ON BRIEF                                                                
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                   Before MILLS, GREEN and LINCK, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                     
                   LINCK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                              

                                                    DECISION ON APPEAL                                                              
                          This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of                            
                   claims 1-19, all of the pending claims in Application No. 10/322,254 (hereafter the “ ‘254                       
                   application”),1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).                                                                        
                          There are two independent claims in the ‘254 application, claims 1 and 11.  They                          
                   are representative and read as follows:                                                                          

                                                                                                                                   
                   1 The present application was filed on December 17, 2002 and is assigned to the 3M Company.                      





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