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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JEFFREY J. POWELL and STEPHEN E. BRACKETT
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Appeal No. 2006-2108
Application No. 10/392,418
Technology Center 3600
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, CRAWFORD and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1-14 and 23-27.
Claims 15-22 have been canceled. Claims 7, 8 and 23 are
indicated allowable in the examiner’s answer (page 2).
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a vehicle component connector having a
retention member that is movable between locked and unlocked
positions. Claim 1 is illustrative:
A connector assembly for a vehicle component
comprising:
a first vehicle component having a main body with at
least one transversely extending projection defining a
longitudinal axis;
a second vehicle component having a longitudinally
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