Ex Parte WARD 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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                              Ex parte CHRISTOPHER WARD,                              
                                and ROBERT NORMAN HURST                               
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2003-1373                                 
                              Application No. 09/430,631                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and MACDONALD, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through         
          7, 10, 11, 13 through 16, 18 through 22, 24 and 25.  Claims 8, 9,           
          12, 17, 23 and 26 are objected to as being dependent upon rejected          
          base claims, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent             
          form including all of the limitations of the base claims and any            
          intervening claims.                                                         





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