The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BRIAN J. RODDY __________ Appeal No. 1999-1452 Application 08/436,830 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before THOMAS, KRASS and FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-27, which constitute all the claims in the application. Representative claim 1 is reproduced below: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007