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is not binding precedent of the Board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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte EDWARD A. COVINGTON
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Appeal No. 2002-0416
Application No. 08/902,625
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, LIEBERMAN, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 30-37.
As indicated on the top of page 2 of the brief, claims 1-3, 5-26,
28, and 29 have been allowed.
Claims 30 and 33 are representative of the subject matter on
appeal, and are set forth below, and bolded text is for emphasis:
30. A panel-type filter element for filtering transmission oil,
the filter element being adapted to be mounted on a peripheral surface
of a transmission oil pan spaced from the floor of the pan, the
peripheral surface having a selected shape with respect to the
direction in which a vehicle mounting the transmission oil pan
normally moves, the filter element being used to filter transmission
oil which flows in a selected horizontal direction in the oil pan
toward the sump, the filter element comprising:
a mounting frame corresponding in shape to the selected shape of
the peripheral surface of the sump so as to be adapted to be oriented
in a selected direction parallel to the direction in which the vehicle
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