Ex parte BEUKEMA - Page 1




                    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                   and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 9           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte JACK A. BEUKEMA                                
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                                Appeal No. 2001-0243                                  
                             Application No. 09/001,285                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                    
          Judges.                                                                     
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Jack A. Beukema appeals from the final rejection of                    
          claims 1 through 20, all of the claims pending in the                       
          application.                                                                
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to an illuminated headrest for a                 
          seat in a passenger vehicle.  Representative claims 1, 8 and                
          13 read as follows:                                                         
               1.  An illuminated headrest assembly comprising:                       






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