The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte PHILIPPE REITERER, JEAN LE NORMAND, ROY PARMENTIER, and CHRISTOPHER J. CARTER Appeal No. 2004-0567 Application No. 09/628,704 ON BRIEF Before OWENS, DELMENDO, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-10, which are all of the claims pending in the application. THE INVENTION The appellants claim a tack pad and a method for making it. Claims 1 and 8 are illustrative:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007