Ex Parte Cochran 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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22         

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                  Ex parte WILLIAM HUGH COCHRAN, WILLIAM PAUL HOVIS,                  
                                 MARK DAVID PLUCINSKI                                 
                              and GLENN WOOD SELLERS, JR.                             
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                                 Appeal No. 2003-2154                                 
                              Application No. 09/735,895                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before WALTZ, KRATZ and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.                
          KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1, 4, 5, 7-15, 19-24, 35, and 39-44, which              
          are all of the claims pending in this application.                          
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellants' invention relates to an electrical connector.  A           
          printed circuit board arrangement and a computer system, each               







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