The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RAYMOND H. JENSEN __________ Appeal No. 2002-0573 Application 09/150,422 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 5. Claims 6 and 7, the only other claims pending in the application, have been allowed.1 Appellant’s invention relates to an integral combined pipe drop nipple and reducing coupling assembly (29) used in a fire 1 A minor amendment to claim 1 was made subsequent to the final rejection. See Paper No. 17, filed January 22, 2001. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007