Ex Parte Meredith et al - Page 1



                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                and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  

                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                            
                                                                                           
                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                               
                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                       
                                                                                           
                        Ex parte DARYL MEREDITH, D. SCOTT EVANS,                            
                           ROBERT GIFFORD and SEAN FLICKENGER                               
                                                                                           
                                   Appeal No. 2005-2503                                     
                               Application No. 10/393,662                                   
                                                                                           
                                         ON BRIEF                                           
                                                                                           
          Before KIMLIN, WARREN and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                     
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                              

                                    DECISION ON APPEAL                                      
                This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 36, 37                 
          and 39-42.  Claim 36 is illustrative:                                             
                36.  A saw comprising:                                                      
                a base;                                                                     
                a rotatable table for supporting a workpiece, the table                     
          being rotatably disposed on the base;                                             
                a saw assembly rotatably connected to the table, the saw                    
          assembly comprising a motor and a blade driven by the motor;                      
                a fence assembly comprising a first fence disposed to the                   
          left of the blade and attached to the base via a first screw, the                 
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