The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte NED J. REO __________ Appeal No. 1999-2242 Application No. 08/137,056 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge, MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judge. GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 11 through 14. Claims 1 through 6 and 10 have been canceled. Claims 7 through 9, the only other claims in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007