Ex Parte Wagoner et al - 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          was not written for publication and is not binding precedent                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 DANIEL E. WAGONER, MICHAEL L. TAYLOR,                     
                          JOHN C. CLAYTON, JOHN D. FITTS,                             
                         GREG L. BENFER and LYNN E. JOHNSON                           
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2006-0058                                  
                               Application 09/954,404                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before JERRY SMITH, KRASS, and GROSS, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                   


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                                                                                     
               This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from            
          the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 3, 4, 7-12 and 14-28, which           
          constitute all the claims pending in this application.                      
               The disclosed invention pertains to a method of detecting              
          non-fixed or foreign objects within an aircraft.                            
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