The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DONALD A. CAMPBELL ____________ Appeal No. 2001-1404 Application No. 09/145,399 ____________ HEARD: NOVEMBER 27, 2001 ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal involves claims 1, 2, 4, 6 through 8, 13 through 15, 19, 20, and 25. Claims 3, 5, 9 through 12, 17,1 18, and 22 through 24 stand allowed. Claim 16 stands objected to because of it dependency from a rejected claim but is 1To correct an omission regarding claim 8 in the Office action dated June 9, 2000 (Paper No. 12) from which the appeal was taken, the examiner sent a further Office action dated November 3, 2000 (Paper No. 16), responded to by appellant in the “SUPPLEMENT TO APPLICANT’S APPEAL BRIEF” (Paper No. 17).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007