The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DAVID A. OSTERBERG, TOREN S. DAVIS and CONOR D. JOHNSON ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0472 Application No. 09/153,951 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before CALVERT, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 19 to 24, as amended subsequent to the final rejection. These claims constitute all of the claims pending1 in this application. 1While the examiner has approved entry of the amendment after final rejection (Paper No. 6, filed May 19, 2000), we note that this amendment has not been clerically entered.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007