Ex parte CRAIG A. ANDERSON - Page 1




                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                
                The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1)                                                                
                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                               
                                                                                                    Paper No. 15                              
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                             Ex parte CRAIG A. ANDERSON and                                                                   
                                                        JAMES T. GRIGSBY                                                                      
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-2771                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/239,3341                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, LYDDANE                                                                
                and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                   
                CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                        
                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                        This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s refusal                                                          
                to allow of claim 13, which was amended subsequent to final                                                                   
                rejection (Paper No. 8).  Claims 1-12 have been canceled.                                                                     
                         Appellants claimed invention is directed to the                                                                      
                combination of a window having a nail fin secured to the frame of                                                             
                the window.  The nail fin includes a fold line which allows the                                                               

                         1Application for patent filed May 6, 1994.                                                                           
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