Ex parte FRANCIS - Page 1




                  The opinion in support of the decision being                        
                 entered today was not written for publication                        
                     and is not binding precedent of the Board.                       

                                                               Paper No. 55           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                                Ex parte DALE FRANCIS                                 
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                                Appeal No. 2001-1343                                  
                             Application No. 08/965,818                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before ABRAMS, McQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Dale Francis appeals from the final rejection (Paper No.               
          49) of claims 77 through 112, all of the claims pending in the              
          application.                                                                
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The invention relates to a “torque wrench system which                 
          provides for the makeup and removal of threaded bolts with a                
          single tool during both high torque and low torque phases of                







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