Ex Parte BELANGER - 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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35              


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    _____________                                     
                            Ex parte MICHAEL J. BELANGER                              
                                   _____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2002-1002                                  
                             Application No. 08/820,506                               
                                   ______________                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    

          Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, KRATZ and POTEATE, Administrative Patent           
          Judges.                                                                     
          POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s            
          refusal to allow claims 14-19, which are all of the claims                  
          pending in the application.                                                 
               Claims 14 and 16 are representative of the subject matter on           
          appeal and are reproduced below:                                            










Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007