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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte THOMAS VEILLEUX, MATTHEW LACROIX,
RONALD LaLIBERTY, KEN BROWN and JOHN D. AXE
Appeal No. 2004-1195
Application No. 09/766,165
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-32.
Claims 1 and 27 are illustrative:
1. A sport ball comprising a self-contained inflation
mechanism, wherein said sport ball comprising a self-
contained inflation mechanism has substantially the same
rebound characteristics as a corresponding sport ball that
does not comprise a self-contained inflation mechanism.
27. A method of determining the critical ratio of an inflated
sport ball, comprising the steps of:
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