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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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                               Ex parte LEONARD R. MURG                               
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                                 Appeal No. 2002-1888                                 
                              Application No. 09/185,493                              
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                                HEARD: NOVEMBER 6, 2002                               
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          Before COHEN, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  


               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 6, 9,             
          11, 13 through 15, and 19 through 21.  These claims constitute              
          all of the claims remaining in the application.  We REVERSE and             
          REMAND.                                                                     


               Appellant’s invention pertains to a plier type cutter tool             
          for sheathed cable of the type having a spaced pair of insulated            
          power conducting wires, a ground wire disposed between the                  
          insulated wires and a sheath surrounding the wires.  A basic                






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