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            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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD AVIS                                
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                                 Appeal No. 2005-1335                                 
                              Application No. 10/128,266                              
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                                 HEARD: July 13, 2005                                 
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          Before MCQUADE, CRAWFORD, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               Richard Avis appeals from the final rejection of claims 1              
          through 45, all of the claims pending in the application.                   
                                  THE INVENTION                                       
               The invention relates to “a game ball that includes bridged,           
          non-equilateral, hexagonal panels” (specification, page 1).                 
          Representative claim 1 reads as follows:                                    
               1. A game ball including a plurality of panels connected               
          along abutting edges, said plurality of panels comprising a                 
          bridged panel formed of two seamlessly-joined non-equilateral,              
          hexagonal portions, said bridged panel defining a plurality of              
          edges, each said edge having a length selected from a short                 
          length and a long length, a ratio of said short length to said              
          long length being selected to provide substantially equal values            
          of material stress and degree of stretch in said plurality of               
          panels.                                                                     





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