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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BERNARD C. GETHINGS, DENNIS J. FLYNN
and JOHN A. APPLETON
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Appeal No. 2004-2121
Application No. 08/160,835
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HEARD: December 9, 2004
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Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 10, all of the claims pending in
this application.
Appellants' invention relates to a munition which can be
used with great effectiveness against hard targets such as
hardened aircraft shelters, bridge piers, aircraft runways, and
the like. Unlike general purpose bombs which in the past have
been designed to penetrate a target by virtue of their kinetic
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