The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte DENNIS RAYMOND KOLODZIEJ, MATTHEW JAMES BOEHLEFELD, and ANDREW SIMONOW _____________ Appeal No. 2000-1304 Application No. 08/994,974 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Dennis Raymond Kolodziej et al. originally took this appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3 through 15 dated April 6, 1999 (Paper No. 6). The examiner subsequently reopened prosecution and entered a superseding final rejection of the same claims dated August 4, 1999 (Paper No. 9). Upon the appellants’ request pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.193(b)(2)(ii),Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007