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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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 FRANK JOHN MUENCH, Jr., GORDON THOMAS BORCK
and ALLEN LEROY JOHNSON
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Appeal No. 2001-0114
Application 09/240,712
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 12 and 16 through 27.
The invention relates to a current limiting fuse. Figure 1
shows a cutaway side view of a current limiting fuse of the
invention with two winding supports. See page 3, lines 31
through 32, of Appellants’ specification. In particular, the
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