The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte TOM BERNARD MATHISON and JOSEPH B. BUDZ ____________ Appeal No. 2001-2625 Application No. 09/458,0521 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, FRANKFORT and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection (Paper No. 11, mailed December 4, 2000) of claims 1 1Application filed December 9, 1999, for reissue of U.S. Patent No. 5,971,234 (Application No. 09/143,337, filed August 28, 1998) which issued on October 26, 1999.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007