The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BRYAN J. GUZZARDO
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Appeal No. 2004-1600
Application No. 09/964,149
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, JEFFREY T. SMITH and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative
Patent Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2, 9, 10, 12-14, 16, and
19.
Claims 1 and 13 are representative of the subject matter on
appeal and are set forth below:
1. A notched blade seal for covering a gap
between a wing and a wing flap of a high performance
aircraft, comprising:
a bottom seal strip of a flexible, resilient
material having a generally right triangle cross-
section configuration and a plurality of spaced-apart
notches defining a plurality of finger portions, and
a top seal strip of a flexible, resilient
material having a generally right triangle cross-
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