The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte TODD P. BEACH and BRET WAHL _____________ Appeal No. 2000-0486 Application No. 08/853,651 ______________ HEARD: March 15, 2001 _______________ Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 30, which are all of the claims in the application. The appellants have confined the appeal to only claims 23 through 30 (main brief, page 2). Consequently, the appeal as to claims 1 through 22 is hereby dismissed, leaving for review the standing rejection of claims 23 through 30. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007