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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BRIAN D. OYSTER, DAVID R. KERNS,
ROBERT C. HOLT and JAMES G. STOUT
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Appeal No. 2006-0863
Application No. 10/323,325
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, CRAWFORD, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 3, 5
to 13, 26 and 27, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 4, and
14 to 25 have been cancelled.
The appellants’ invention relates to a snap connector for connecting two items
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellants’ brief.
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