The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte THOMAS MARK LOUZON, JOSE FELIPE PELAEZ, and KEVIN MICHAEL ALLEN ____________ Appeal No. 2001-0609 Application No. 08/903,484 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claim 16. Claims 1 through 11, 13 through 15 and 18 through 22 stand allowed. Claim 17, the only other claim remaining in the application, has been objected to and indicated by the examiner to be allowable if rewritten in independent form. Claim 12 has been canceled.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007