The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ALLAN P. THOMPSON and JOHN K. SHIGLEY ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0038 Application No. 09/090,256 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KRATZ, TIMM and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 6-11, 14-22, 24-27, 29, 31 and 33-36. Claims 12, 23, 28, 30, 37 and 38, which are all of the other claims that remain pending in this application, have been indicated as containing allowable subject matter by the examiner but have been objected to as depending from a rejected base claim. See page 2 of the answer.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007