The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 39 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte STEVE J. LACKIE and THOMAS R. GLASS __________ Appeal No. 2001-2401 Application 08/277,225 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SCHEINER and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges, MILLS , Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-14 and 16-25, which are the claims pending in this application. Claims 1, 11 and 23 are representative of the claims on appeal and read as 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007