Ex Parte Rupp 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                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 JEFFREY DAN RUPP and MICHAEL EDWARD BREWER                  
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                                Appeal No. 2002-1590                                  
                             Application No. 09/511,516                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before Abrams, Frankfort, and Staab, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          Frankfort, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1 through 20, all of the claims pending in              
          this application.                                                           


               As noted on page 1 of the specification, appellants’                   
          invention relates to vehicle pedal assemblies and, more                     
          particularly, to a pedal assembly, such as a brake pedal                    
          assembly, that is releasable from a normal operative condition              
          upon imposition of a frontal load to an automotive vehicle such             






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