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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte PETER RASMUSSEN ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2240 Application No. 08/443,058 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 5, 7, 8, and 10-18, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE. BACKGROUND The appellant's invention relates to a covering for a sphere or hemisphere. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the appendix to the appellant's Brief (Paper No. 15).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007