Ex Parte Harbu - Page 1



            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                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JULIAN HARBU                                              
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                                Appeal No. 2006-0320                                               
                             Application No. 10/293,833                                            
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                                      ON BRIEF                                                     
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         Before FRANKFORT, BAHR, 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 10 through 27, all of the claims remaining                            
         in the application.  Claims 1 through 9 have been canceled.1                              
                                                                                                  
         Appellant’s invention relates to a non-metallic gas valve                                 
         assembly for a shock absorber and to a shock absorber assembly                            
         including such a non-metallic valve assembly.  Independent claims                         

                                                                                                  
              1  Claims 10, 14, 20, 23 and 26 were amended subsequent to                           
         the final rejection in a paper filed concurrently with the brief                          
         on March 2, 2005.                                                                         













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