The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BRIAN JAMES BERDAN, BRIAN C. PETERSON and WALTER JAMES BUTLER __________ Appeal No. 2003-0106 Application 09/502,680 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 21 through 29, which are all of the claims remaining in this application. Claims 1 through 20 have been canceled. Appellants’ invention is directed to a method of installing replaceable plates, such as cutting edges and wear plates, used 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007