Ex Parte Adams - 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          and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    ____________                                      
                            Ex parte WILLIAM E. ADAMS, IV                             
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                                Appeal No. 2004-1779                                  
                             Application No. 09/851,639                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, STAAB and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This appeal involves the examiner’s rejection of claims 1              
          through 10.  Claim 11, the only other claim pending in the                  
          application, stands allowed.                                                

                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The invention relates to a suction cup device for holding              
          objects on a wall or other flat surface.  Claims 1 and 8, which             
          are representative of the subject matter on appeal, read as                 
          follows:                                                                    





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