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                                 The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                                  
                                           is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JAMES H. PICKAR                                                        
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                                                   Appeal 2006-3012                                                          
                                                Application 09/808,878                                                       
                                                Technology Center 1600                                                       
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                                              Decided: September 7, 2007                                                     
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                  Before DEMETRA J. MILLS, ERIC GRIMES, and NANCY J. LINCK,                                                  
                  Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                              
                  GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                       


                                  DECISION ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING                                                          
                         Appellant has requested rehearing (reconsideration) of the decision                                 
                  entered January 31, 2007.  That decision affirmed the Examiner’s rejection                                 
                  of claims 7, 11, 12, and 69 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.  We grant Appellant’s                                   
                  request to the extent of designating the affirmance a new ground of rejection,                             
                  but decline to make any substantive change in the previous decision.                                       







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