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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                                     is not binding precedent of the Board                                        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 LEONARD R. SOKOLA, SR.                                               
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                                               Appeal 2007-2096                                                   
                                            Application 10/611,765                                                
                                            Technology Center 3700                                                
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                                         Decided: September 11, 2007                                              
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                Before CHUNG K. PAK, CHARLES F. WARREN, and                                                       
                CATHERINE Q. TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                  
                WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                              

                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                     
                       Applicant appeals to the Board from the decision of the Primary                            
                Examiner rejecting for at least the second time claims 1 through 5, 7, 10                         
                through 13, and 16 through 20 in the Office Action mailed April 20, 2006.                         
                35 U.S.C. §§ 6 and 134(a) (2002); 37 C.F.R. § 41.31(a) (2006).                                    
                       We affirm-in-part the decision of the Primary Examiner.                                    
                       Claims 1 and 18 illustrate Appellant’s invention of a dinnerware                           
                article, and are representative of the claims on appeal:                                          




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