The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte PHILIP MARK
Appeal No. 2005-0262
Application No. 10/101,732
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, PAK and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claim 6.
Claim 6 is reproduced below:
6. A hand held vibrating instrument comprising an elongated
tubular housing for grasping to be used manually similar to a
conventional pen or pencil writing instrument comprising:
said elongated tubular housing having an elongated internal
chamber having a proximate end and a distal end:
connecting means being a socket mounted on said distal end
for connecting a tool to said instrument;
said tool has a male threaded portion at its proximate end,
terminating with a radially extending flange located in the
direction of a distal end of the tool, the flange has a rod
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