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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    ____________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    ____________                                      
                   Ex parte BERNARD C. GETHINGS, DENNIS J. FLYNN                      
                                and JOHN A. APPLETON                                  
                                    ____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2004-2121                                  
                             Application No. 08/160,835                               
                                    ____________                                      
                               HEARD: December 9, 2004                                
                                    ____________                                      
          Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                      
          rejection of claims 1 through 10, all of the claims pending in              
          this application.                                                           

          Appellants' invention relates to a munition which can be                    
          used with great effectiveness against hard targets such as                  
          hardened aircraft shelters, bridge piers, aircraft runways, and             
          the like.  Unlike general purpose bombs which in the past have              
          been designed to penetrate a target by virtue of their kinetic              




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