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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAVID CLARKE POLLOCK, MATTHEW THOMAS SHARKADY,
PAUL EMMETT BREDENBERG, KEVIN LAUREN COTE, RICHARD DANIEL CURLEY,
and JOHN MARSHALL GAFFNEY
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Appeal No. 2004-2315
Application No. 09/348,155
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-8, all the claims currently pending in the
application.
Appellants’ invention pertains to an apparatus (claims 1-5)
and method (claims 6-8) for transporting signatures from a
printing press and diverting the signatures to either a first
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