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                        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 MICHAEL KOELLE,                                                
                                        JEFFREY PHILLIP SNOVER,                                                  
                                       AND BRIAN JAMES TARBOX                                                    
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                                              Appeal 2007-1341                                                   
                                           Application 09/894,0651                                               
                                           Technology Center 2100                                                
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                                         Decided: September 6, 2007                                              
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                Before JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO, ALLEN R. MACDONALD,                                                   
                and SCOTT R. BOALICK, Administrative Patent Judges.                                              
                BOALICK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                            

                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                    
                       This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the final rejection of                    
                claims 1, 3-10, 12-14, 16-21, and 23-31, all the claims pending in the                           
                application.  We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).                                       
                       We affirm.                                                                                

                                                                                                                
                1  Application filed June 28, 2001.  The real party in interest is International                 
                Business Machines Corporation.                                                                   




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