The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DAVID WATERS _____________ Appeal No. 2000-1349 Application No. 08/475,026 _____________ ON BRIEF _____________ Before MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, FRANKFORT and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 5, 7 through 10 and 15 through 20.1 Appellant’s invention relates to a vehicle having a frame (30), ground-engaging wheels (50) on the frame and a 1 It does not appear that the examiner has appropriately dealt with amendment D (Paper No. 14) filed with the main brief on April 28, 1997. The record does not reflect the status of claims 23, 24, 34 and 35. Amendment D, however, has no bearing on the rejected claims under appeal.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007