The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte VINOD K. SARIN ________________ Appeal No. 1996-3806 Application 08/183,152 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before PAK, WARREN and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-9 and 11-17, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION Appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward an abrasion resistant coated article having a wear surface which -1-1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007