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          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 16                
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                                Ex parte THEO THONNES                                 
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                                Appeal No. 2001-1608                                  
                                Application 08/619,699                                
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                              HEARD: November 29, 2001                                
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          Before MCQUADE, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Theo Thonnes appeals from the final rejection of claims 4              
          and 6 through 10, all of the claims pending in the                          
          application.                                                                
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to a threaded fastener which is                  
          defined in representative claim 4 as follows:                               
               4.  A fastener having a body unitarily formed with:                    
               at least one screwthread;                                              
               a pair of concentric faceted tool-fitting formations of                
          different sizes, one of the formations corresponding to a                   

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