Ex Parte CATOE 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           not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the                           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 WILTON T. CATOE                                          
                                    and GARLAND R. WENTRCEK                                          
                                            __________                                               
                                      Appeal No. 2002-1633                                           
                                     Application 09/281,093                                          
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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                                            
                 Wilton T. Catoe et al. appeal from the final rejection of                           
           claims 1 through 19, all of the claims pending in the                                     
           application.                                                                              
                                          THE INVENTION                                              
                 The invention relates to “an apparatus for automatically                            
           collating sample laminate chips used at [kitchen/bathroom] design                         
           centers for the selection of proper [countertop] laminates”                               





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