The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KIYOTO MARUOKA, AKIHIRO NAKAHARA and KAZUO HOCHI __________ Appeal No. 2002-0970 Application 09/181,814 ___________ ON BRIEF1 ___________ Before COHEN, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Kiyoto Maruoka et al. appeal from the final rejection (Paper No. 19) of claims 1 through 12, all of the claims pending in the application. THE INVENTION The invention relates to a hollow golf ball described by thePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007