Ex parte TREVISAN - 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                   and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte GIOVANNI TREVISAN                               
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                                Appeal No. 2001-2140                                  
                             Application No. 09/217,484                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before ABRAMS, McQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Giovanni Trevisan appeals from the final rejection of                  
          claims 6 through 8, all of the claims pending in the                        
          application.                                                                


                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to a valve actuator of the piston-               
          rack-pinion type having a mechanism for readily adjusting the               








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