Ex Parte FRENCH et al - 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          and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                    Ex parte ROGER A. FRENCH and EZRA T. PEACHEY                      
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                                Appeal No. 2002-1316                                  
                             Application No. 09/049,036                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, ABRAMS and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Roger A. French et al. originally took this appeal from the            
          final rejection (Paper No. 10) of claims 1 through 4, 6 and 8               
          through 18.  As the appellants have since canceled claim 18, the            
          appeal now involves claims 1 through 4, 6 and 8 through 17, all             
          of the claims currently pending in the application.                         


                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to “a magnetic gasket that can be used           
          to fasten together components in an electronic device”                      







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