Ex Parte DELEEUW et al - 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                   and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15           
                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                  Ex parte WILLIAM L. DeLEEUW and DAVID K. PFISTER                    
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                                Appeal No. 2002-0491                                  
                             Application No. 09/287,081                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               William L. DeLeeuw et al. appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 1 through 8 and 10 through 20, all of the claims pending             
          in the application.                                                         
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to a bushing assembly for a cam                  
          braking system.  Representative claims 1 and 14 read as follows:            
               1.  A cam bushing assembly for a cam braking system                    
          comprising:                                                                 
               a removable bushing retainer having an aperture forming a              
          side wall having an inner retainer surface and an outer retainer            
          surface, said retainer having a hole extending through said side            
          wall from said outer retainer surface to said inner retainer                
          surface into said aperture allowing for flow of a lubricant into            
          said aperture; and                                                          






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