Ex parte LORDAHL - 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                 publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                            
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                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                       Ex parte VAR E. LORDAHL                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 97-0997                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/370,8511                                                                          
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                                                          HEARD: April 9, 1999                                                                          
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                 Before CALVERT, STAAB and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                          
                 CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                                                                        
                 and 7, all the claims remaining in the application.                                                                                    
                          The subject matter in issue is a toilet tank ball flapper                                                                     
                 and chain assembly, wherein the chain is an elongate planar                                                                            
                 member and is engaged to the periphery of the base plate of                                                                            



                          1    Application for patent filed January 10, 1995.  According to appellant, the                                              
                 application is a continuation of Application 08/158,449, filed November 29, 1993, now                                                  
                 abandoned.                                                                                                                             
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