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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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                        Ex parte GEOFFREY MICHAEL BERTOLINI                           
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                                Appeal No. 2004-2059                                  
                             Application No. 10/278,725                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final              
          rejection of claims 1, 2, 5-18 and 22, all the claims currently             
          pending in the application.                                                 
               Appellant’s invention pertains to a decking tile.  As                  
          explained in the summary of the invention on page 2 of                      
          appellant’s brief, the decking tile of the present invention                
          comprises a base support structure that serves as a support base            
          for slats, cladding, tiles or other flooring material, which are            






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