The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KENNETH TUROS ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0022 Application No. 09/161,071 ____________ ON BRIEF1 ____________ Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, FRANKFORT and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 39 to 50, which are all of the claims pending in this application. 1We note that the appellant has requested an oral hearing (Paper No. 27, filed July 2, 2001), but under the circumstances a hearing is not considered necessary. See 37 CFR § 1.194(c), last sentence, as amended effective Dec. 1, 1997, by final rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53131 (Oct. 10, 1997), 1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 63, (Oct. 21, 1997).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007