Ex Parte Nicholson 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          and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    ____________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    ____________                                      
                      Ex parte GRAHAM NICHOLSON, JOHN WILLETTS,                       
                         ARTHUR MABLESON and COLIN J. WESTON                          
                                    ____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2004-0470                                  
                             Application No. 09/673,771                               
                                    ____________                                      
                                 HEARD: May 18, 2004                                  
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          Before COHEN, ABRAMS and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Graham Nicholson et al. appeal from the final rejection of             
          claims 1 through 21, all of the claims pending in the                       
          application.                                                                
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to “a removable protective casing for            
          the protection of heavy and possibly hazardous articles during              











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