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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MICHAEL J. OISTER, CHRISTOPHER S. WISENER,
WILLIAM C. BOETTCHER, THOMAS M. DOHERTY
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Appeal No. 2004-1322
Application No. 10/014,297
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, KRATZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-21 which are all of the claims in the application.
The subject matter on appeal relates to an apparatus
comprising a ball, such as a basketball, having integrated
therewith a timer for measuring a predetermined time period.
This appealed subject matter is adequately illustrated by
independent claim 21 which reads as follows:
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