The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BARRY J. HENRY __________ Appeal No. 2001-2205 Application 09/228,987 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 7, and from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 11 and 15 through 17 as amended subsequent to the final rejection in a paper filed March 26, 2001 (Paper No. 12). Claims 8 through 10, the only other claims remaining in the application, have been withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed to a non-elected invention. Claims 12 through 14 have been canceled. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007