Ex parte WATSON - Page 1




                 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                        (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                            Ex parte PAUL LENNARD WATSON                              
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                                Appeal No. 2000-0563                                  
                             Application No. 08/813,965                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, McQUADE and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative                  
          Patent Judges                                                               
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               Paul Lennard Watson appeals from the final rejection of                
          claims 14 through 21, all of the claims pending in the                      
          application.  We reverse.                                                   
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The invention relates to a safety guard for preventing                 
          the insertion of fingers into the gap formed between the                    

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