The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JAMES S. BASS _____________ Appeal No. 2000-2108 Application No. 09/075,943 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 2 and 4 through 18, all of the claims remaining in this application. Claims 1 and 3 have been 1 1Minor amendments were made to claims 2 and 17 subsequent to the final rejection in a paper filed February 22, 2000 (Paper No. 9). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007