The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RICHARD MANSUETO __________ Appeal No. 2002-0670 Application 09/416,547 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, PATE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 3, 6, 7, 14, 16, 18 and 19, and the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 23 through 25, 28, 29, 36, 38, 40 and 41 as amended after final rejection. Claims 4, 5, 8 through 11, 15, 17, 20 through 22, 26, 27, 30 through 33, 37, 39 and 42 through 64 stand withdrawn from consideration as directed to a nonelected invention. Claims 12, 13, 34 and 35 have been canceled. These are all the claims in the application. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007