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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte Michael Levi
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Appeal No. 2003-0013
Application No. 09/569,539
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, STAAB and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-6, all the claims currently pending in the
application.
Appellant’s invention pertains to a swinging seat suspended
from a pair of suspension members each of which includes a coil
spring having two or more different zones providing two or more
different initial spring constants. As further explained in the
paragraph spanning pages 1-2 of the specification:
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