The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DAVID E. ACKER ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0311 Application No. 09/030,241 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-16. Claims 17-20 have been withdrawn as being directed to a non-elected invention. We AFFIRM-IN-PART.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007