The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte THOMAS D. TAGGART ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1063 Application No. 09/306,552 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges. ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-17, 19, 21 and 35. Claim 18 has been canceled and claims 20 and 22-34 have been withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non-elected invention. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007