The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte LEONARD M. VAN ROSSEN ____________ Appeal No. 1998-3001 Application No. 08/318,645 ____________ HEARD: OCTOBER 11, 2000 ____________ Before COHEN, NASE, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4 through 9, all of the claims remaining in the application. In an entered amendment after final (Paper No. 21), claim 8 was amended. Appellant’s invention pertains to a dust bag and to a method for producing a dust bag. A basic understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007