The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte BERT KRIVEC, STEVEN R. WENTE and JEFFREY H. HOFF ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0099 Application No. 09/042,431 ____________ HEARD: MAY 15, 2001 ____________ Before ABRAMS, 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, 4, 5, 7-16 and 21, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 17-20 were canceled subsequent to the final rejection (see Paper Nos. 9 and 10). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007