The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte SAMUEL F. LIPRIE ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0933 Application No. 09/325,944 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and MCQUADE, 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 15. Claims 16 through 21, the only other claims in the application, have been withdrawn from furtherPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007