The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte CHARLES A. SEIBER, DAVID A. SHIPMAN, ROBERT J. LUCHETTI, GREGG R. DRAUDT and PHILLIP M. HOBSON __________ Appeal No. 2001-0734 Application 09/071,264 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 31 through 51.1 Claims 1 through 12 and 15 1 Dependent claims 38 through 42, 49 and 51 have been amended subsequent to the final rejection. See amendments filed April 24, 2000 (Paper No. 14); May 30, 2000 (Paper No. 16); and June 5, 2000 (Paper No. 18). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007