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             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             written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12         
                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                  
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                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                      
                               AND INTERFERENCES                               
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                             Ex parte FRANK THOMAS                             
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                             Appeal No. 2003-0584                              
                           Application No. 09/845,280                          
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                                   ON BRIEF                                    
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         Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges.     
         FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                               



                               DECISION ON APPEAL                              

         This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                
         rejection of claims 1 through 4.  Claims 5 through 25, which are      
         all of the other claims remaining in this application, stand          
         allowed.                                                              


         Appellant's invention is directed to a golf club having an            
         alignment means thereon and, more specifically, to a putter           
         having alignment means thereon in the form of an alignment mark       
         or line which extends along a surface of the golf club shaft and      






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