The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MARK A. KRULL ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0869 Application No. 09/150,225 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before STAAB, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 21, 24, 32 and 34 to 45. Claims 22, 23 and 25 to 27, the only other claims pending in this application, have been withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being drawn to a nonelected invention. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007