Ex parte OSTENDORFF et al. - Page 1




                     The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was                                                                                                    
                     not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                                                                                                       
                     the Board.                                                                                                                                                        
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                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                               
                                                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                             
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                           Ex parte ERIC OSTENDORFF, HELENA BARTOR and NATHAN C. PROCH                                                                                                 
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                                                                     Appeal No. 2000-0212                                                                                              
                                                                   Application 08/914,477                                                                                              
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                                                                                  ON BRIEF                                                                                             
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                     Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and NASE, Administrative Patent                                                                                                           
                     Judges.                                                                                                                                                           
                     CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                             


                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             
                                This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to                                                                                              
                     16, all the claims in the application.                                                                                                                            
                                The claims on appeal are drawn to a toy vehicle, and are                                                                                               
                     reproduced in the appendix of appellants’ brief.1                                                                                                                 

                                1 In claim 1, line 2, we note that “front” should be                                                                                                   
                     --frontal--, to provide proper antecedent basis.                                                                                                                  
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