The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JOHN C. GOODWIN III ____________ Appeal No. 2000-0229 Application No. 08/603,005 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before THOMAS, LEVY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection1 of claims 1-17, which are all of the claims pending in this application. 1 The amendment (Paper No. 9, filed August 24, 1998) filed subsequent to the final rejection has been denied entry by the examiner (Paper No. 10, mailed September 9, 1998).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007