The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte STEVEN M. BELLINGER and DAVID J. MUNT __________ Appeal No. 2001-0034 Application 08/944,807 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 4, 6, 8 and 9. Claims 10 and 11 have been allowed. Claims 2, 3, 5 and 7, the only other claims pending in the application, have been indicated by the examiner to contain allowable subject matter, but currently stand objected to until such time that they are rewritten in independent form. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007