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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 21           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                              Ex parte ROBERT M. STONE                                
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2003-0092                                  
                             Application No. 09/432,525                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     

          Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent            
          Judges.                                                                     
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 4-6            
          and 8-20, all the claims remaining in the present application.              
          Claim 1 is illustrative:                                                    
          1.   A lift table comprising:                                               
               a base, a load platform, and a vertically extendible means             
          for raising and lowering the platform relative to the base;                 

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