The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DAVID R. GENTRY, MARK P. STEHLIN and JERRY J. WEERS __________ Appeal No. 2000-2079 Application 08/883,634 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, DELMENDO and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-5, 8-11, 14-23 and 26-32, and refusal to allow claims 12, 13, 24 and 25 as amended after final rejection. Claims 6 and 7, which are all of the other claims in the application, stand objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but allowable if rewritten in independent form to include all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007