The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte DAVID UEL SHORTER ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0580 Application No. 08/980,336 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before BARRETT, FLEMING, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 4-8, 11-16, 19 and 20, which are all of the claims pending in this application. Claims 2, 3, 9, 10, 17 and 18 have been canceled. We REVERSEPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007