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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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HECTOR TORRES, MARK W. MORGAN              and JULIE HWANG                                    
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                                                Appeal No. 2006-1816                                                  
                                              Application No. 10/386,146                                              
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                        
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             Before HAIRSTON, SAADAT, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                    
             SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                     



                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      


                    This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the Examiner’s                     
             final rejection of claims 1, 2, 5-8, 10 and 12-15.  Claims 3, 4, 9, 11 and 16-18 have been               
             indicated as allowable.                                                                                  
                    We affirm-in-part.                                                                                


                                                  BACKGROUND                                                          






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