The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte GIOVANNI TREVISAN ____________ Appeal No. 2001-2140 Application No. 09/217,484 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, McQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Giovanni Trevisan appeals from the final rejection of claims 6 through 8, all of the claims pending in the application. THE INVENTION The invention relates to a valve actuator of the piston- rack-pinion type having a mechanism for readily adjusting thePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007