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The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RENATA CHABOT
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Appeal No. 2006-1189
Application 10/707,148
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, OWENS and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 2 through 10,
all of the claims remaining in the application. Claim 1 has been cancelled.
Appellant’s invention relates to a method for limiting the movement of an infant in a
particular direction by creating a low profile barrier on a floor, which barrier has on its top
surface a plurality of upwardly extending, very short studs that each have a dull point or
short flat upper surface that is intended to provide temporary discomfort when the infant
touches and applies its own weight to the studs in attempting to cross the barrier. As noted
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