The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte WILLIE McMILLAN and PO-JEN CHENG ____________ Appeal No. 1999-2737 Application No. 08/438,767 ____________ 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).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007