The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JAMES HAYTER __________ Appeal No. 1999-2263 Application 08/581,721 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-10, which constituted all the claims in the application. An amendment filed concurrently with the appeal brief cancelled claims 2-4 and 7-10 and was entered by the examiner. Accordingly, this appeal is now directed to the rejection of claims 1, 5 and 6. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007