The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DANIEL J. CARLSEN and GEORGE F. PARKER ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0816 Application No. 08/938,875 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, PATE and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 1, 4-7, 10-14, 17-20, 23-26, 29-33, 36-39, 42-45, 48- 52, 55-57, 60-63, 66-70, 73-75, 81, 82, 85, 88 and 89. All independent claims except independent claim 33 have been amended after the claims were last rejected and the Notice of Appeal filed. Claims 2, 3, 8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 22, 27, 28, 34, 35, 40, 41, 46, 47, 53, 54, 58, 59, 64, 65, 71, 72, 76-80, 83,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007