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         1                   The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                  
         2                        today is not binding precedent of the Board.                                     
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         5               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                 
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         8                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
         9                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                                       
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        12      Ex parte MANOHARPRASAD K. RAO, KWAKU O. PRAKAH-ASANTE,                                             
        13                            and GARY STEVEN STRUMOLO                                                     
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        15                                                                                                         
        16                                   Appeal No. 2006-2294                                                  
        17                                Application No. 09/683,779                                               
        18                                  Technology Center 3600                                                 
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        21                                 Decided: August 29, 2007                                                
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        23 Before TERRY J. OWENS, HUBERT C. LORIN, and DAVID B. WALKER,                                            
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        24 Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                           
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        26 OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                     
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        30                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      
        31          The Appellants appeal from a rejection of claims 1-20, which are all of the                    
        32   pending claims.                                                                                       
        33                                     THE INVENTION                                                       
        34          The Appellants claim a pre-crash sensing system and a method for operating                     
        35   it.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                                                                         





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