The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte WILLIAM ANDREW BOTTING ____________ Appeal No. 2000-2175 Application No. 09/268,925 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, STAAB and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection (Paper No. 5, mailed December 2, 1999) of claims 1 to 15, which are all of the claims pending in this application. 1On February 22, 2001, the appellant waived the oral hearing (see Paper No. 10) scheduled for March 21, 2001.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007