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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DAVID R. BISSEN,
WILLIAM F. BURCH,
and
LAWRENCE P. SCHMIDT
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Appeal No. 2003-0771
Application No. 09/931,666
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ON BRIEF
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Before STAAB, MCQUADE, 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 1-23, all the claims currently pending in the
application.
Appellants’ invention relates to a fire-fighting apparatus
(claims 1-16) and method (claims 17-23) for dispensing a
quenching agent on a fire source, and more particularly, to a
fire-fighting vehicle comprising an articulated boom having a
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