Ex Parte Mason - 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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte MILFORD K. MASON                               
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                                Appeal No. 2002-0234                                  
                             Application No. 09/496,087                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                      
          rejection of claims 1 through 4, all of the claims pending in               
          this application.                                                           
               As noted on page 1 of the specification, appellant's                   
          invention relates to a tractor-mounted forklift mechanism and,              
          more particularly, to a forklift mechanism mounted on the front             








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