The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ALAN W. KOHR and KARL J. HARTMAN __________ Appeal No. 2001-0127 Application No. 09/121,636 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WARREN, TIMM, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 10, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application.1 1 In reply to the final Office action of Aug. 13, 1999 (paper 7), the appellants submitted an amendment under 37 CFR § 1.116 (1981) on Nov. 17, 1999 (paper 8), proposing changes to claim 1. The examiner indicated in the advisory action of Nov. 23, 1999 (paper 9) that the amendment will be entered forPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007