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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HANS PFAB, MANFRED SCHMIDT, NORBERT ZIMMERMANN,
NORBERT SORGEL and PETER DONHAUSER
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Appeal No. 2001-1077
Application No. 09/051,506
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and DIXON, Administrative Patent
Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of
claims 9-17, which are all of the claims pending in the present
application. Claims 1-8 have been canceled.
The claimed invention relates to a switchgear housing for an
electromagnetic switching device having a magnetic chamber. The
magnetic chamber includes a magnet yoke, a magnet armature, and two
magnet supporting areas. According to Appellants (specification,
pages 1 and 2), the two magnet supporting areas have different
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