Ex parte LYNCH - 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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19                   
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte JAMES P. LYNCH                                
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                                 Appeal No. 97-4241                                   
                             Application No. 08/183,0661                              
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, ABRAMS and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner                    
          finally rejecting claims 1-6, 8-29 and 36-39.  Claim 7 has                  
          been cancelled, and claims 30-35 withdrawn as directed to a                 
          nonelected invention.                                                       
               The appellant's invention is directed to a canopy                      
          structure adapted to be erected in custom configurations, and               

               1    Application for patent filed January 18, 1994.                    
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