The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte PLEUN MEERKERK ____________ Appeal No. 2004-0941 Application No. 09/180,901 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 9, 13, and 16 through 19. These claims constitute all of the claims remaining in the application. Appellant’s invention pertains to a revetment for a water- retaining structure and to an element for a revetment. A basic understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 9 and 17, respective copies of which appear in the Appendix of the main brief (Paper No. 22).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007