Ex parte MCMILLAN et al. - Page 1




             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                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                       Ex parte WILLIE McMILLAN and PO-JEN CHENG                      
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                                 Appeal No. 1999-2737                                 
                              Application No. 08/438,767                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  


               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                 
          through 22 and 24 through 29.  These claims constitute all of               
          the claims remaining in the application.                                    


               Appellants' invention pertains to a tennis racquet.  A                 
          basic understanding of the invention can be derived from a                  
          reading of exemplary claims 1 and 16, copies of which appear                
          in the APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 19½).                          





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