The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DENNIS R. GELARDEN __________ Appeal No. 2002-0701 Application 09/201,269 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before KIMLIN, OWENS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the third rejection (non-final) of claims 1-28, which are all of the claims in the application.1 1 In an appeal in which claims have been at least twice rejected, the board has jurisdiction as discussed in Ex parte Lemoine, 46 USPQ2d 1432 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 1995). 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007