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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

IN RE WILLIAM E. ADAMS ____________________

2010-1074 (Serial No. 10/873, 903) ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.

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JUDGMENT ______________________

LYNN J. ALSTADT, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, argued for appellant.

JOSEPH G. PICCOLO, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia, argued for the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. With him on the brief were RAYMOND T. CHEN, Solicitor, and KRISTI L.R. SAWERT, Associate Solicitor.

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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, MAYER, and PROST, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

_July 21, 20010 _/s/ Jan Horbaly_________ Date Jan Horbaly Clerk