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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                          Ex parte DAVID W. DAUGHERTY, JR.                            
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                                Appeal No. 2002-2024                                  
                             Application No. 09/197,404                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and FRANKFORT, 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 3, 6 through 18 and 20 through 22.            
          Claims 23 and 24, the only other claims pending in the                      
          application, stand allowed.  Claims 4, 5 and 19 have been                   
          canceled.                                                                   


          Appellant's invention relates, in general, to a railway                     
          coupling device and, more particularly, to connection assemblies            







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