Ex Parte LaBounty et al - Page 1



            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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                 Ex parte KENNETH R. LABOUNTY, ROSS D. CHRISTENSON,                   
                               and DANIEL P. JACOBSON                                 
                                   _____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2003-0510                                  
                             Application No. 09/524,904                               
                                   ______________                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    
          Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final              
          rejection of claims 1-12, 14-17, 19 and 20, all the claims                  
          currently pending in the application.                                       
               Appellants’ invention pertains to a heavy duty demolition              
          apparatus having a replaceable tip.  An understanding of the                
          invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,               
          which appears in the appendix to appellants’ main brief.                    






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