Ex Parte Stauffer et al - Page 1




                  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                              publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DAVID W. STAUFFER and JOSEPH P. HOFFBECK                                     
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                                             Appeal No. 2006-2679                                               
                                          Application No. 10/359,882                                            
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                                                  ON BRIEF                                                      
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             Before HAIRSTON, BLANKENSHIP, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.                         
             BLANKENSHIP, 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 1-16, which are all the claims remaining in the application.                   
                   We affirm.                                                                                   














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