The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KAMIL VALARIK ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2727 Application No. 08/809,315 ____________ HEARD: JULY 10, 2001 ____________ Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT, 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 claims 1 and 3-5, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND The appellant's invention relates to a hockey stick blade having an adhesive layer on at least one side thereof, the adhesive layer comprising grains of corundum, ceramics,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007