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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                     and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte MICHAEL STEFFE                                
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                                Appeal No. 2002-0978                                  
                               Application 09/535,065                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, PATE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                 
          PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 12                
          through 22.                                                                 
               These are all of the claims in the application.                        
               Claims 1 through 11 were subject to a restriction                      
          requirement and have been canceled.                                         
               The claimed invention is directed to a racheting open-end              
          wrench.                                                                     






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