The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 THOMAS J. DECICCO ________________ Appeal No. 2001-0013 Application 08/936,222 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before JERRY SMITH, DIXON and GROSS, 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 rejection of claims 3, 4, 6-10 and 13-17, which constitute all the claims remaining in the application. AnPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007