Ex Parte Lotspih - 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             and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                                             
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                                         Ex parte JOHN ANTHONY LOTSPIH                                                                        
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                                                 Appeal No. 2005-2656                                                                         
                                              Application No. 09/805,586                                                                      
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                                               
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             Before McQUADE, CRAWFORD, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                
             APJ McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                        


                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                              
                    John Anthony Lotspih appeals from the final rejection of claims 1-20, all of the                                          
             claims pending in the application.                                                                                               


                                                  THE INVENTION                                                                               
                    The invention relates to “an air bag assembly including portions for the protection                                       
             of the head and torso of a vehicle occupant during a side collision event” (specification,                                       
             page 1).  Representative claim 1 reads as follows:                                                                               


















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