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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 LESLIE AMMANN JR.
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Appeal No. 2001-2512
Application No. 09/248,742
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ON BRIEF
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Before MCQUADE, NASE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.
CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 8, 9 and 11 through 19. Claims 1 through 7
have been allowed and claim 10 has been objected to.
The appellant’s invention is a folding chair which rotates
between a first position for carrying the folding chair and a
second position for sitting. An understanding of the invention can
be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 8 which appears in the
appendix to the appellant’s brief.
The prior art
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