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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GARY P. COTE
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Appeal No. 2005-2398
Application No. 09/899,0291
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, PAK, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s refusal
to allow claims 3 through 15, 25, 26, 28, 31 through 36 and 39
through 47.2 Claims 17, 18, 37 and 38 were objected to as being
dependent on a rejected base claim, but were indicated to be
allowable if rewritten in independent form, including all the
1Application for patent filed July 6, 2001, entitled, Wheelbarrow braking system.
2 The appellant inadvertently states at page 1 of the Brief that claim 16 was finally
rejected. The record indicates that claim 16 was withdrawn from consideration by the examiner.
See the final Office action dated November 5, 2002.
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