The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DAVID S. BREED ____________ Appeal No. 2001-2392 Application No. 09/114,962 ____________ HEARD: February 5, 2002 ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-7, 9- 14, 16-19, 21-24 and 26-31, as amended after the final rejection. Claims 8, 15, 20 and 25 stand objected to and allowable if rewritten in independent form. We AFFIRM-IN-PART.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007