Ex parte BRANHAM et al. - 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 41                              
                                    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 F. BRANHAM and                                                                    
                                                             JOHN TCHENG                                                                      
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-2780                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/162,3621                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before LYDDANE, MCQUADE and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                                                                   
                Judges.                                                                                                                       
                CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                        

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final                                                            
                rejection of claims 2-15 and 17.  Claims 1 and 16 have been                                                                   
                cancelled.                                                                                                                    
                                                            THE INVENTION                                                                     
                         Appellants invention is a support frame for a vehicle                                                                

                         1Application for patent filed November 5, 1993.  According                                                           
                to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application                                                               
                07/366,529, filed June 15, 1989.                                                                                              
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