The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte CATHY J. LENTZ ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0917 Application No. 09/104,763 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 1 to 3 and 5 to 11, as amended subsequent to the final rejection. These claims constitute all of the claims pending in this application. 1On January 18, 2001, the appellant waived the oral hearing (see Paper No. 15) scheduled for February 21, 2001.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007