Ex Parte Cantor - 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          and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte JOY L. CANTOR                                 
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                                Appeal No. 2004-0327                                  
                             Application No. 09/689,194                               
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                                HEARD: March 2, 2004                                  
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          Before COHEN, ABRAMS and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Joy L. Cantor appeals from the final rejection of claims 1             
          through 9, all of the claims pending in the application.                    


                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to “a scented adhesive bandage”                  
          (specification, page 1).  Representative claims 1, 5 and 7 read             
          as follows:                                                                 
               1.  An adhesive bandage adapted to be applied to a user’s              
          skin wound, the adhesive bandage comprising:                                
               a flexible backing layer having a rear surface;                        






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