The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 40 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte SVEN E. OBERG and DAVID P. MITCHELL ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0225 Application No. 08/332,275 ____________ HEARD: June 13, 2002 ____________ Before COHEN, STAAB, 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 17, 19 to 21, 23, 25, 26 and 30 to 34. Claims 15 and 16, the only other claims pending in this application, have been allowed. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007