Ex Parte Lumpkin - 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         written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                      
                                    __________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                             Ex parte WAYNE R. LUMPKIN                              
                                    __________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2006-0954                                
                             Application No. 10/316,444                             
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                                      ON BRIEF                                      
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         Before FRANKFORT, OWENS and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.            
         OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1-19, which are             
         all of the pending claims.                                                 
                                   THE INVENTION                                    
              The appellant claims a bicycle hydraulic disc brake master            
         cylinder and a method for making it.  Claim 1 is illustrative:             
              1. A bicycle hydraulic disc brake master cylinder                     
         comprising:                                                                
              a housing;                                                            








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