Ex parte JOHN HARRINGTON - Page 1




                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                

                         The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                                                 
                         today (1) was not written for publication in a law                                                                   
                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                               
                                                                                                         Paper No. 29                         
                                    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 HARRINGTON                                                                   
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-0919                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/027,9221                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                              
                McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                         


                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 54 and 55.                                                         
                Claims 1 through 6, 10 through 12, 14, 32 through 35, 50 and 51,                                                              
                the only other claims pending in the application, stand allowed.                                                              
                         The invention relates to “a combined trash and recycling                                                             
                center” (specification, page 1).  Claims 54 and 55 read as                                                                    
                follows:                                                                                                                      


                         1Application for patent filed March 8, 1993.  According to                                                           
                the appellant, the application is a continuation of Application                                                               
                07/737,330, filed July 29, 1991, now abandoned.                                                                               





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