Ex parte MONTANA 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               not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding    
               precedent of the Board.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. 18          
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                     Ex parte PETER A. MONTANA and PETER B. WALSH                     
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-2781                                 
                              Application No. 08/422,348                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, ABRAMS,              
          and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges.                                 
          McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                             




                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final              
          rejection of claims 1 through 18.  No other claims are pending              
          in the application.                                                         
               Appellants’ invention relates to a screen door having a                
          flexible screen (25) and a rigid, transparent protective cover              






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