The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board. Paper No. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN H. MCMANUS, J. DOHN HETHCOCK and JOHN MCCULLOUGH ____________ Appeal No. 2004-2304 Application No. 09/886,735 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before TIMM, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, and 3-15. Claims 1, 8, and 12 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and are set forth below: 1. A combination snowshoe and ski that operates in both a snowshoe mode and a ski mode, the combination snowshoe and ski comprising:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007