The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte RAMENDRA NATH MAJUMDAR,
SUSAN LYNN DEEVERS and JENNIFER LEIGH GABOR
Appeal No. 2004-0461
Application No. 09/532,371
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, WARREN and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 14-21
and 25-37. Claims 14 and 25 are illustrative:
14. A tire having a phosphorescent glow-in-the-dark layer
thereon, comprising:
a substrate rubber;
a non-black rubber residing on at least a portion of
said substrate rubber;
a phosphorescent layer residing on an outer surface of
at least a portion of said non-black rubber, said substrate
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