The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte GERALD J. JULIEN ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0605 Application No. 09/096,542 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before STAAB, McQUADE, 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 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9 and 11 to 17. Claims 4, 8, 10 and 18 to 20, the only other claims pending in this application, have been withdrawn from consideration. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007