The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte MICHAEL ANTHONY DAVIES ____________ Appeal No. 2001-1493 Application No. 09/109,016 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, NASE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 10-12, 14- 1 17, 20, 21, 24 and 25. Claims 1-9, 22 and 23, the only other claims pending in this We interpret the examiner’s explanation of the status of amendments after final on page 2 of the1 answer as indicating that appellant’s amendment to claim 24 filed June 14, 2000 (Paper No. 7) has been approved for entry by the examiner. We also note, however, that this amendment has not been clerically entered. Upon return of this application to the Technology Center, the examiner should take appropriate action to have the amendment entered.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007