The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte EDWARD ALBERT SKINNER, ROBERT E. ROCHELLE, and JOHN A. WEBER _____________ Appeal No. 2000-2024 Application No. 09/059,207 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3, 5 to 22 and 24 to 26, all the claims remaining in the application. The disclosed invention concerns the attachment of an 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007