Appeal No. 96-3021
Application 08/104,452
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1 through 3 and 5 through 8. Claim 4 has
been canceled.
Appellant’s invention relates to a combined tactical
breaching device and flash suppressor which is threadedly engaged
with the muzzle of a firearm, such as a shotgun, and to a method
of then using the shotgun to breach a barrier, such as a locked
door, by employing frangible ammunition in the shotgun.
Independent claims 1, 5 and 8 are representative of the subject
matter on appeal and a copy of those claims, as they appear in
the Appendix to appellant’s brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Cox 2,166,041 July 11, 1939
Sargeant et al. (Sargeant) 3,226,871 Jan. 4, 1966
Hawley et al. (Hawley) 4,664,014 May 12, 1987
Majors 5,196,647 Mar. 23, 1993
Hoie 6,820 Apr. 29, 1898
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