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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte THOMAS LEOUTSAKOS
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Appeal No. 2003-1851
Application No. 09/556,157
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, DELMENDO, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative
Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-35,
which are all of the claims in the application.
THE INVENTION
The appellant claims an apparatus and a method for
supporting and moving a body part, such as a body part of a
person who is elderly or disabled. Claims 1, 11, 16, 21 and 31
are illustrative:
1. Apparatus for supporting a body part, comprising:
a rest member for said body part;
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