1 The opinion in support of the decision being entered 2 today is not binding precedent of the Board. 3 4 5 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 6 _____________ 7 8 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS 9 AND INTERFERENCES 10 _____________ 11 12 Ex parte STEVEN W. WENTWORTH and ROBERT F. CRANE 13 _____________ 14 15 Appeal No. 2007-2378 16 Application No. 10/837,098 17 Technology Center 3600 18 ______________ 19 20 Decided: August 28, 2007 21 _______________ 22 22 Before WILLIAM F. PATE, III, TERRY J. OWENS, and DAVID B. WALKER, 23 23 Administrative Patent Judges. 24 25 25 OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. 26 27 28 29 DECISION ON APPEAL 30 The Appellants appeal from a rejection of claims 1-20, which are all of the 31 pending claims. 32 THE INVENTION 33 The Appellants claim a pipe bursting and replacement apparatus and 34 method. Claim 1 is illustrative:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
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