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             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                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                       Ex parte MARK A. UTTER and JODI L. UTTER                       
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                                 Appeal No. 2002-0263                                 
                              Application No. 09/377,533                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before COHEN, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  


               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 6                 
          through 9 and 11 through 15.  These claims constitute all of                
          the claims remaining in the application.                                    


               Appellants' invention pertains to a hand-held plant                    
          watering device used for watering difficult to reach plants.                
          A basic understanding of the invention can be derived from a                





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