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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MICHAEL F. STIRLING and DAN E. GREMONPREZ
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Appeal No. 2000-0339
Application No. 08/911,933
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and BARRY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
The examiner rejected claims 1-5, 22, and 23. The
appellants appeal therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We
reverse.
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention is a system of scoring consoles
for a bowling scoring system. Bowling scoring consoles are
conventionally organized around pairs of bowling lanes; a
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