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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD MARC CLEMENT and STEPHEN DAVIES
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Appeal No. 2003-0124
Application No. 09/487,832
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HEARD: March 5, 2003
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Before FLEMING, NASE, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 23-45. Claims 1, 2, and 4-22 have been allowed. Claim 3
has been canceled.
The invention relates to a security system to detect
unauthorized removal of articles from a restricted area, such as
a retail store. See column 1, lines 5-7 of Appellants'
specification. Fig. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing
the individual elements of a security system in accordance with
Appellants' invention. See column 2, lines 9-11 of Appellants'
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