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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 BRIAN O. GEARHART                              
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                                 Appeal No. 2002-0331                                 
                              Application No. 09/382,735                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before COHEN, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                 
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  

               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 9                 
          through 11 and 13 through 15.  These claims constitute all of the           
          claims remaining in the application.                                        

               Appellant’s invention pertains to a locking mechanism for a            
          multi-axle trailer.  A basic understanding of the invention can             
          be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 9 , a copy of which            
          appears in the APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 9).                    






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