The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte EDWARD A. SCHROEDER ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0152 Application No. 09/004,775 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, STAAB and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 and 3- 25, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We REVERSE. BACKGROUND The appellant’s invention relates to a direct mount, telescopic adjustable basketball backboard and rim structure (specification, page 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant’s brief.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007