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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RICK DULIN
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Appeal No. 2002-2272
Application 09/375,712
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HEARD: March 11, 2003
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Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Rick Dulin appeals the examiner’s decision (Paper No. 5) to
reject claims 1 through 16, all of the claims pending in the
application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “a method [claim 16] and apparatus
[claims 1 through 15] for the compacting of a road shoulder”
(specification, page 1). A copy of claims 1 through 16 appears
in an appendix to the appellant’s main brief (Paper No. 7).
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