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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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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