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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 10 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DANIEL GILLESPIE __________ Appeal No. 2000-0504 Application 08/799,898 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before PATE, STAAB, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 17 and 21 through 23. These are all the claims in the application. The claimed invention is directed to an apparatus for holding and stabilizing a Christmas tree. The apparatus is 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007