Ex parte TOBIAS - 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                                   (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11                     
                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                          
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                            
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
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                                         Ex parte JOHN M. TOBIAS                                              
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                                            Appeal No. 1998-2902                                              
                                         Application No. 08/452,107                                           
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                     
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            Before KRASS, HECKER and GROSS,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                    
            KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                               

                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                   This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-18, all of the claims    
            pending in the application.                                                                       
                   The invention is directed to an electrical grounding device best illustrated by            
            reference to representative independent claim 1, reproduced as follows:                           





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