The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 THOMAS A. GRIES and MARK J. SALTZMAN ____________ Appeal No. 2006-0093 Application No. 10/295,326 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, OWENS, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 34 through 62, the only claims remaining in the application. Claims 1 through 33 have been canceled. Appellants’ invention relates to a pintle hitch assembly of the type generally seen in Figure 6 of the application. Independent claims 34, 37, 45, 56 and 62 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of those claims can be found in the “Claims Appendix” attached to appellants’ brief.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007