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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROBERT E. RAFFERTY
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Appeal No. 2004-0827
Application No. 09/795,701
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ON BRIEF
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Before WALTZ, KRATZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, 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 1, 2 and 6 through 8. The remaining
claims pending in this application are claims 3 through 5, which
stand objected to by the examiner as depending on a rejected claim
but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form (Answer,
page 2, ¶(3)). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellant, the invention is directed to a lock
assembly for a utility box (Brief, page 2). Further details of the
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