Ex Parte SCARPA 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 25                
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte JACK G. SCARPA,                                
                                  JOHN D. MARLIN,                                     
                                     TERRY HALL                                       
                                 and STEVEN A. COSBY                                  
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                                Appeal No. 2002-1666                                  
                               Application 09/394,289                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Jack G. Scarpa et al. appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1 through 7.  Claims 8 through 10, the only other claims             
          pending in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration as           
          being drawn to a non-elected species of the invention.                      
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to “portable convergent spray guns for           
          applying coatings to a surface and particularly to a portable               
          spray gun that is miniaturized so as to be capable of being hand-           
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