The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte WILLIAM THOMAS SUMMERS ____________ Appeal No. 2004-1635 Application No. 10/083,915 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before OWENS, KRATZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-3, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND Appellant's invention relates to a step for climbing. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007