Ex parte WIEDNER - Page 1




                    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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte MARK C. WIEDNER                                
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                                Appeal No. 1998-1240                                  
                               Application 08/198,4431                                
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                              HEARD: January 13, 2000                                 
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          Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                     
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Mark C. Wiedner appeals from the final rejection of                    
          claims 1 through 11 and 13 through 26, all of the claims                    
          pending in the application.  We affirm-in-part.                             
               The invention relates to “basketball backboards and, more              


               1Application for patent filed February 18, 1994.                       
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