Ex Parte BECKERS 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 19                
                      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 J. BECKERS                               
                                and RICHARD L. STUDER                                 
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                                Appeal No. 2002-1276                                  
                               Application 09/405,971                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               William J. Beckers et al. appeal from the final rejection of           
          claims 1 through 20, all of the claims pending in the                       
          application.                                                                
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to “a knife for cutting fibrous                  











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