The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MICHAEL B. RODGERS, RAM M. KRISHNAN, RAY E. BEERY, PAUL H. SANDSTROM, BILL B. GROSS, and LEWIS T. LUKICH __________ Appeal No. 2004-1784 Application No. 09/685,372 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before GARRIS, TIMM, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 1-6, 8-10, and 16-20. These are all of the claims remaining in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to an endless rubber track. With reference to the appellants’ drawing, the rubber 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007