1The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 65 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte EDWARD HERBERT ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0629 Application No. 08/236,378 ____________ HEARD: OCTOBER 10, 2002 ____________ Before STAAB, NASE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 4, 16 and 19. Claims 10 and 13-15 have been canceled (Paper No. 46) and claims 17, 18 and 20-24 have been canceled (Paper No. 56, subsequent to the final rejection). Appellant “withdrew” claims 1-3, 5-9, 11 and 12 (Paper No. 26), which the examiner (Paper No. 33) apparently interpreted as cancellation of these claims. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007