The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JAMES P. LYNCH ____________ Appeal No. 2004-0350 Application No. 09/570,507 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before GARRIS, PAK, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3, 5-11, and 14-16 which are all of the claims remaining in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a recreational apparatus or game which comprises a base, a ladder fabricated from horizontal rungs and vertical struts which are interconnected with couplers, and a projectile having a flaccid spacer with massive terminators at either end, whereby the projectile may be tossedPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007