The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MARK LEONARD BONKO ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1221 Application No. 29/070,030 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, NASE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of the following design claim: The ornamental Design for a TIRE as shown and described. The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claim are: Bonko (Bonko '631) Des. 367,631 Mar. 5, 1996 Bonko (Bonko '923) Des. 377,923 Feb. 11, 1997 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007