The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DAVID W. DAUGHERTY, JR. ____________ Appeal No. 2002-2024 Application No. 09/197,404 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 3, 6 through 18 and 20 through 22. Claims 23 and 24, the only other claims pending in the application, stand allowed. Claims 4, 5 and 19 have been canceled. Appellant's invention relates, in general, to a railway coupling device and, more particularly, to connection assembliesPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007