The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte PAUL W. DENT ______________ Appeal No. 2000-2261 Application 08/730,670 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, FLEMING and SAADAT, 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, 2, 6, 7, 26, 27 and 30. The examiner has indicated the allowability of claims 13-25, and has objected to claims 3-5, 8-12, 28, 29 and 31 indicating their allowability if rewritten in independent form including all the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007