Ex Parte MCCLURE 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 24                
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                          Ex parte EDWARD NORMAN MCCLURE,                             
                                STEVEN ALAN JACKSON                                   
                                and PHILIP J. SWEESY                                  
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2003-0391                                  
                               Application 09/228,433                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before STAAB, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Edward Norman McClure et al. appeal from the final rejection           
          (Paper No. 15) of claims 1, 3 through 6 and 8 through 13, all of            
          the claims pending in the application.                                      
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to “fiber-reinforced resin structures,           
          and more particularly to a process for optimizing resin                     
          distribution with the incorporation of a grooved core integral to           
          the fiber-reinforced resin structure” (specification, page 1).              








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