THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MATTHEW JOHN LABESKY _____________ Appeal No. 2000-0102 Application 08/819,449 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CALVERT, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 4, 6, 8 and 9, all the claims remaining in the application. Claim 1, the only independent claim on appeal, defines the subject matter in issue as: 1. A Belleville spring comprising a thin strip of 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007