The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JEAN-PIERRE ARTUS ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0181 Application No. 09/195,999 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 10 through 19. Claims 3 through 9 stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner; 37 CFR § 1.142(b). These claims constitute all of the claims remaining in the application. Appellant's invention pertains to an alpine ski boot. A basic understanding of the invention can be derived from aPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007