The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 A. SIMMONS, Jr. and RICHARD O. RATZEL __________ Appeal No. 2001-0553 Application 09/218,910 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, 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 1 through 30, which are all of the claims pending in this application. As noted on page 1 of the specification, appellants’ 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007