Ex parte MICALE 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                     publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                       
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                                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                                
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                                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                                
                                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                              
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                                               Ex parte ANTONIO C. MICALE and DAVID E. STRAND                                                                                          
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                                                                           Appeal No. 97-3714                                                                                          
                                                                        Application 08/471,6641                                                                                        
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                                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                                            
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                     Before STONER Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and STAAB and McQUADE,                                                                                           
                     Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                                                     
                     McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                             
                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             
                                Antonio C. Micale et al. appeal from the final rejection of claim 1, the only claim                                                                    
                     pending in the application.                                                                                                                                       
                                The invention relates to an airplane fuselage panel which is defined in claim 1 as                                                                     



                                1Application for patent filed June 6, 1995.  According to the appellants, the                                                                          
                     application is a division of Application 07/964,533, filed October 13, 1992, now U.S.                                                                             
                     Patent No. 5,560,102, issued October 1, 1996.                                                                                                                     
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