Ex Parte DLUBAK - 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          and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                           Ex parte FRANCIS CHARLES DLUBAK                            
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                                Appeal No. 2003-0091                                  
                             Application No. 09/298,640                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, McQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Francis Charles Dlubak appeals from the final rejection of             
          claims 1 through 3 and 5 through 36, all of the claims pending in           
          the application.                                                            
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to “penetration resistant windows, and           
          more particularly relates to laminated window glass which resists           
          damage from hurricanes and the like” (specification, page 1).               
          Representative claims 1 and 22 read as follows:                             
               1.  A penetration resistant window comprising:                         
               a frame defining an internal channel;                                  





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