The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RONALD J. TONUCCI and DOUGLAS H. PEARSON __________ Appeal No. 2002-0204 Application 09/154,2431 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before PAK, WALTZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 22 through 27 and 30. See the Brief, pages 1-2. Claim 28 and 29, the remaining claims in the above-identified application, have been objected to as being dependent upon a rejected claim, but have been indicated to 1 1Application for patent filed September 16, 1998. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007