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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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte RICHARD B. WRIGHT                               
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                                Appeal No. 2002-1704                                  
                             Application No. 09/240,313                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   


          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                      
          rejection of claims 14 through 20 and 22.  Claim 21, the only               
          other claim pending in this application, has been objected to by            
          the examiner and indicated to be allowable if rewritten in                  
          independent form.  Claims 1 through 13 have been canceled.                  

          Appellant's invention relates to an asymmetrical, high                      
          torque wrenching system wherein both the wrench and the fastener            
          to be driven each include driving surfaces thereon that generate            







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