The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MICHAEL KIRIK ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0531 Application No. 08/782,151 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and JENNIFER D. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 4, 6, 9, 12 and 13, which are all of the claims pending in this application, claims 7, 8, 10 and 11 having been canceled subsequent to the final rejection. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007