The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding
precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 44
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte A. LANE KEITH, GARY G. MASSENGALE
JOHN T. RIDDLE and RONALD B. ROTH
Appeal No. 2003-1337
Application No. 08/480,411
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, OWENS, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-7, 9-13
and 27-37. Claims 8 and 14-26 have been canceled.1
1 The appellants have requested that claims 21-26 be
canceled (response filed July 7, 1997, paper no. 10, page 1) and
state that they have been canceled (brief, page 2), but these
claims have not been clerically canceled. The examiner should
have these claims canceled.
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