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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                        Ex parte TODD L. LYDIC and TAMO BIANCHI                       
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                                 Appeal No. 2002-0694                                 
                              Application No. 08/712,369                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before COHEN, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                 
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  


               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                 
          through 19, 29 through 31, and 33.  These claims constitute all             
          of the claims remaining in the application.                                 


               Appellants' invention pertains to a center sill for a                  
          railroad car, a beam for use with the underframe of a vehicle,              
          and to a center sill for use with the underframe of a railroad              
          car.  A basic understanding of the invention can be derived from            






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