Ex parte GILBERT - 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          not written for publication and  is not binding precedent of                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. 18              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte RICHARD GILBERT                                
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2002-0352                                  
                                Application 09/374,205                                
                                     ___________                                      
                                HEARD: March 21, 2002                                 
                                     ___________                                      

          Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and NASE, 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.                                                           
               Appellant’s invention relates to a utility knife, the                  
          details of which can be discerned by reference to independent               

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