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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ANTHONY J. MANCUSO and KEVIN GERACE
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Appeal No. 2004-1602
Application No. 09/954,766
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, WALTZ, 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 through 12, which are all of the claims
pending in this application (see the Brief, page 2). We have
jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a free-
standing coil reel hold-down device which comprises a base plate
secured to a floor, a snubber arm pivotably mounted to the base
plate including first and second sections disposed at an obtuse
angle with respect to each other, and a stand-alone means for
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