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                              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                      journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12                                        

                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                     
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                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                       
                                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                                           
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                                              Ex parte BRUCE E. STARK                                                         
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                                                 Appeal No. 97-1493                                                           
                                              Application 08/429,8061                                                         
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                                                         ON BRIEF                                                             
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              Before CALVERT, McQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                 
              McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                           


                                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                                           
                      This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 12 through                                            
              19, all of the claims pending in the application.                                                               
                      The invention relates to a carrier, such as a tractor                                                   
              trailer, which includes “a cargo restraint system having vertical                                               



                      1Application for patent filed April 27, 1995.                                                           
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