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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ADOLFO M. CANDRAY, CONOR CURTIN,
and STEVEN L. HULL
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Appeal No. 2004-0504
Application No. 09/455,735
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ON BRIEF
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Before WALTZ, KRATZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s
final rejection of claims 5 through 8 and 20, which are the only
claims remaining in this application. We have jurisdiction
pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a
tubing connector having two pieces, with the first piece
connected to a first tubing segment, the second piece connected
to a second tubing segment, and a toothed arm on one piece which
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