The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte WILLIAM H. HOLLISTER and RODDI J. SIMPSON ____________ Appeal No. 2001-1399 Application No. 09/227,819 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-8. Claims 9-14 have been withdrawn by the examiner as being directed to a non-elected invention. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007