The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 LAURENCE BURST SPERRY, ANTHONY ORKIN DAVLIN, KERRY MICHAEL MCKINLEY and GEORGE TEOPFILIUS BERTRAM ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1267 Application No. 08/843,274 ____________ HEARD: February 22, 2001 ____________ Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-15. Claims 27-37 were withdrawn by the examiner as being directed to a non-elected invention, and claims 16-26 were canceled by the appellants. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007