The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JAKOB NIELSEN __________ Appeal No. 2000-0962 Application 08/885,801 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING and BARRY, 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 1-15, 17-22 and 26. Claims 16 and 23 have been cancelled. Claims 24 and 25 were indicated to contain allowable subject matter. An amendment after final rejection was filed on June 23, 1999 but was denied entry by the examiner. Appellant has withdrawn the appeal with respect to claims 1, 6, 7, 12 and 17 [brief, page 2]. Therefore, this appeal is now directed to the rejection of claims 2-5, 8-11, 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007