The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JOHN M. TODD __________ Appeal No. 1999-2733 Application 08/230,634 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and COHEN and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCCANDLISH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL AND REMAND TO THE EXAMINER This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 70 through 80. The only other claims still pending in the application have been withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non-elected invention. Appellant’s invention relates to a flexible retractable closure assembly (e.g., a door) forPage: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007