Ex parte BENDA - 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                  was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                                         
                  binding precedent of the Board.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. 25                                           

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                          
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                                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                          
                                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                                            
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                                                       Ex parte STEVEN J. BENDA                                                                           
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                                                            Appeal No. 96-0831                                                                            
                                                        Application 08/191,1131                                                                           
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                                                                     ON BRIEF                                                                             
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                  Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                        
                  ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    

                                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                            
                           This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally                                                                    
                  rejecting claims 1 through 15, which constitute all of the claims                                                                       
                  of record in the application.                                                                                                           
                           The appellant's invention is directed to a grommet for                                                                         
                  closing a hole through a panel.  The subject matter before us on                                                                        



                           1Application for patent filed February 3, 1994.                                                                                
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