The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte HANS O. CEDERBLAD ____________ Appeal No. 1998-2534 Application No. 08/533,366 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before GARRIS, WALTZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 15 through 17 as amended subsequent to the final rejection (see the amendment dated May 27, 1997, Paper No. 6, entered as per the Advisory Action dated June 5, 1997, Paper No. 7). Claims 15-17 are the only claims remaining in this application. According to appellant, the invention is directed to a method of stretch modifying an extruded net containing elastomeric strands to produce desired predeterminedPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007