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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ERIC A. WARD
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Appeal No. 2001-1803
Application No. 09/087,775
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ON BRIEF
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Before CALVERT, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.
CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
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This is an appeal from the rejection of claims 1 to 29, all the claims in the
application.
The claims on appeal are drawn to a stackable step stool (claims 1 to 27), a stack
of step stools (claim 28), and a method of stacking step stools (claims 29). They are
reproduced in the appendix of the appellant’s brief.
Paper No. 12, Dec., 7, 1999, the third rejection in the application.1
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