The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte WILLIS J. MULLET __________ Appeal No. 2001-2126 Application 09/141,069 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, COHEN, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Willis J. Mullet originally took this appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 6, 8, 10, 11 and 14 through 22. Upon reconsideration, the examiner has since1 withdrawn the rejection of claim 10 which now stands objected to as depending from a rejected base claim. Thus, the appeal as to claim 10 is hereby dismissed, leaving for review the 1Claims 1, 2 and 10 have been amended subsequent to final rejection. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007