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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                                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DAVID URBANUS                                                   
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                                              Appeal No.  2007-0671                                                  
                                            Application No.  10/836,174                                              
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                        
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                 Before ADAMS, MILLS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                       
                 ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                 

                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                     
                        This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                              
                 examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-16, which are all the claims pending in the                  
                 application.                                                                                        
                        Claims 1, 2, and 5 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and are                  
                 reproduced below:                                                                                   
                        1. A disposable medication dispenser comprising, in combination,                             
                                  a canister for storing medication,                                                 
                                  an electronic circuit for displaying the number of doses                           
                           remaining in said canister, and                                                           
                                  a housing for said electronic circuit permanently attached to said                 
                           canister whereby said housing and said electronic circuit are discarded                   
                           with said canister when the medication in said canister have been                         
                           depleted.                                                                                 




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