The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte CHRISTOPHER J. RIXON and CHRISTOPHER BORTOLON ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0088 Application No. 09/271,571 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, NASE, and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 16 to 22 and 31 to 35. Claim 23, the only other claim pending in this application, has been objected to as depending from a non-allowed claim. We AFFIRM.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007