Ex Parte PELOSI - 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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16              
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                              Ex parte FRANK PELOSI, JR.                              
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                                 Appeal No. 2002-1749                                 
                              Application No. 09/395,270                              
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before STAAB, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Frank Pelosi, Jr. appeals from the examiner’s final                    
          rejection of claims 1-10, all the claims currently pending in the           
          application.                                                                
               Appellant’s invention pertains to a method of applying a               
          carpet to a subfloor.  Claim 1, the sole independent claim on               
          appeal, is exemplary of the appealed subject matter and reads as            
          follows:                                                                    
                    1.   A method of applying a carpet to a subfloor                  
               comprising the steps of:                                               







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