Ex Parte Whiteside - Page 1



           The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
                for publication in and is not binding precedent of the Board.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  KIRT E. WHITESIDE                            
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                                Appeal No. 2006-1059                                
                             Application No. 09/780,603                             
                               Technology Center 3600                               
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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 1 through 5.  Claims 7 through 13 and 16               
         through 19, the only other claims remaining in the application,            
         stand allowed.  Claims 6, 14 and 15 have been cancelled.                   

         Appellant’s invention relates to mechanic’s creepers and,                  
         more specifically, to a mechanic’s creeper having improved                 





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