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                                  The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                            
                                             was not written for publication in                                         
                                         and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHARLES KORMANIK JR.                                                   
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                                                Appeal No. 2006-1451                                                    
                                             Application No. 08/802,472                                                 
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                          
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              Before FRANKFORT, BAHR and FETTING, Administrative Patent Judges.                                         
              FETTING, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                     


                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       
                     This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. §134 from the examiner's final                        
              rejection of claims 5, 81 to 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 28 to 31, 49, 51, 53, 55 and 57.                     
              Claims 19, 21, 27, 50, 52, 54, 56 and 58 are objected to and claims 24 to 26 are                          
              allowed.  These are all of the claims pending in the application.                                         

                     We affirm-in-part and make new rejections under 37 CFR § 41.50 (b).                                
                                                                                                                        
              1 Although the examiner’s final rejection, mailed Dec. 2, 2003, indicated that claims 5, 9 to 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 28
              to 31, 49, 51, 53, 55 and 57 were those rejected on the cover form, claim 8 was also rejected on p. 3 of the final
              rejection.                                                                                                

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