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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RICHARD J. HATTON
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Appeal No. 2004-1053
Application No. 09/772,409
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, WALTZ, and TIMM, 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 through 29, which are the only claims
pending in this application.1 We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35
U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellant, the invention is directed to a hanging
device 20 comprising a strip 40 and a pressure sensitive adhesive
1Appellant submitted a minor amendment with the Brief that
corrected the dependency of claim 19 (Brief, page 2, Section III;
see the amendment dated Mar. 4, 2003, Paper No. 11 ½). This
amendment has been entered by the examiner (Answer, page 3,
¶(4)).
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