The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the
Board.
Paper No. 11
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ALVIN D. WILBANKS
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Appeal No. 2001-0226
Application 09/009,122
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ON BRIEF
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Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Alvin D. Wilbanks appeals from the final rejection of claims
1 through 6, 11 and 16. Claims 7 through 10, 12 through 15 and
18 through 20, the only other claims pending in the application,
stand objected to as depending from rejected parent claims.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “a portable insect killing
apparatus which emulates certain characteristics of a mammal to
attract insects to the apparatus where they are electrocuted”
(specification, page 1). A copy of the appealed claims appears
in the appendix to the appellant’s brief (Paper No. 9).
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