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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WILLIAM M. SHAHID
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Appeal No. 98-2261
Application 08/314,8291
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ON BRIEF
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Before CALVERT, McQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent
Judges.
CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to
18, all the claims in the application.
The claims on appeal are drawn to a reclining chair, and
are reproduced as Exhibit 1 of appellant’s brief . 2
1 Application for patent filed September 29, 1994.
2 In reviewing the claims we note (i) “said canopy means” in claims 5, 6 and 16
has no antecedent basis; (ii) “removably” in claims 7 and 17 apparently should be --
removable--; (iii) claims 14 and 15 are duplicates of claims 3 and 4, respectively. See
MPEP § 706.03(k).
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