The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte GARY W. BORCHERDING
Appeal No. 2005-0687
Application No. 10/097,510
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, PAK and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 15,
17-32, 34, 35 and 37-41. Claim 18 is illustrative:
18. A lubricant retention assembly employed in a shaft
opening of a device containing a bearing and a shaft of the
device, the assembly comprising:
a thrust collar having an exterior surface and an opposite,
cylindrical interior surface surrounding a center bore of the
thrust collar, the interior surface having an interior diameter
dimension for mounting of the thrust collar on the shaft for
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