The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHARLES J. LONG JR. ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1449 Application No. 08/838,133 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Charles J. Long, Jr. appeals from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-14, 16-28, 31, 32, 34-39 and 41-43. Claims 15, 29, 30, 33 and 40, the only other claims pending in the application, have been objected to as depending from a rejected claim, but are otherwise indicated as being allowable if rewritten in independent form.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007