The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 39 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BRIAN G. BAGLEY __________ Appeal No. 2000-1804 Application 08/668,598 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before KRATZ, PAWLIKOWSKI, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-3, 5-7, 20-30, 34, 35, and 37. Claims 4, 8-19, 31-33, 36, 38, and 39 have been canceled. CLAIMS Claim 1 is representative of the claims on appeal and read as follows: 1. A method of treating wood composition boards to reduce the penetration of water therethrough comprising the steps of:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007