Ex Parte CRONIN et al - Page 1




         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         not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the            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. 26          

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                    __________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                    __________                                      
                              Ex parte JOHN E. CRONIN                               
                                        and                                         
                                 ANTHONY K. STAMPER                                 
                                    __________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2002-0508                                
                             Application No. 09/225,116                             
                                    ___________                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                      
                                    ___________                                     
         Before PAK, DELMENDO, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative                 
         Patent Judges.                                                             
         DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                 
         (2002) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through             
         7, 10, 11, 13 through 19, and 23 (final Office action mailed               
         Feb. 1, 2001, paper 17) in the above-identified application.               
         Claims 8, 9, and 20 through 22, which are the only other pending           
         claims, stand withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b) (1959).              







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