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            1                      The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                     
            2                                  was written for publication                                        
            3                                                                                                     
            4            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
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            6                                                                                                     
            7                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
            8                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                      
            9                              ____________________                                                   
          10                                                                                                      
          11                          Ex parte MICHAEL T. SHELTON                                                 
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          13                                                                                                      
          14                                   Appeal 2006-2999                                                   
          15                               Application 10/378,4891                                                
          16                               Technology Center 1700                                                 
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          18                                                                                                      
          19                                 Oral Argument:  None                                                 
          20                              Decided:  January 10, 2007                                              
          21                               ____________________                                                   
          22                                                                                                      
          23    Before:  FLEMING, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, HARKCOM, Vice-                               
          24    Chief Administrative Patent Judge, McKELVEY, Senior Administrative                                
          25    Patent Judge, and DELMENDO and LANE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                
          26                                                                                                      
          27    McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                                                     
          28                                                                                                      
          29                DECISION ON APPEAL UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 134                                              
          30                                                                                                      
          31           A.  Introduction                                                                           
          32           The appeal is from a decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting                            
          33    claims 1-20, all the claims in the application on appeal.                                         



                                                                                                                 
                1   Application for patent filed 3 March 2003.  The real party in interest is Z-Man Fishing       
                Products, Inc.                                                                                    



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