The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RALPH L. PICCININO, JR. and KEVIN H. BLAKLEY __________ Appeal No. 2001-0912 Application No. 09/082,957 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 22, 24, 27 and 29 as amended subsequent to the final rejection. The only other claims remaining in the application, which are claims 5, 25 and 28, stand objected to by the examiner but otherwise allowable.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007