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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the               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. 25                 
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                         
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                            
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte NICK KALARGEROS,                                 
                           NIGEL SPURR and VERONIQUE MEJEAN                             
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                                 Appeal No. 2004-1163                                   
                              Application No. 09/815,959                                
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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                                    
               Nick Kalargeros et al. appeal from the final rejection of                
          claims 1 through 16, all of the claims pending in the                         
          application.1                                                                 
                                   THE INVENTION                                        
               The invention relates to a latch mechanism for a motor                   
          vehicle door.  Representative claim 1 reads as follows:                       
               1. A latch mechanism suitable for a vehicle comprising:                  
               a chassis having an over-travel abutment;                                
               a latch bolt being movably mounted on said chassis, said                 
          latch bolt being moveable between an open position in which said              

               1 Claims 1 and 16 have been amended subsequent to final                  
          rejection.                                                                    




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