`The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte STEVEN ALLEN HOLT, ALAN EDWARD SHERRY, and VERNON SANFORD PING III __________ Appeal No. 2001-1712 Application No. 09/456,968 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, DELMENDO, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2002) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 30 through 40, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a cleaning implement. Further details of this appealed subject matter arePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007