The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ELLIOT W. LEE __________ Appeal No. 2001-2288 Application 09/175,570 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before STAAB, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Elliot W. Lee appeals from the examiner’s rejection (Paper No. 15) of claims 1, 2, 6, 9 and 11. Claims 10 and 19, the only other claims pending in the application, stand allowed. THE INVENTION The invention relates to “adhesive-type traps for catching . . . insects, particularly cockroaches” (specification, page 2). Representative claim 1 reads as follows: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007