The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MATTHEW LAWRENCE, RICHARD REGO and EDWARD F. DOORLEY, III ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1934 Application No. 08/779,420 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-11, 14 and 15. Claims 12 and 13, the only other claims pending in the application, stand objected to as being dependent on a rejected claim. BACKGROUNDPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007