The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CARLTON WHITEFORD __________ Appeal No. 2001-1504 Application 08/618,263 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before ABRAMS, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Carlton Whiteford appeals from the final rejection (Paper No. 19) of claims 16, 19 and 20. Claims 1 through 15 and 18 stand allowed, and claim 17, the only other claim pending in the application, stands objected to as depending from a rejected base claim. THE INVENTION 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007