The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHARLES T. SMITH, III ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0754 Application No. 09/046,797 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 5, 7, 10 through 14, 16 through 19, and 21. Claim 6 stands objected to (Paper No. 19, page 10), and claims 8 and 9 have been withdrawn from consideration as being based upon a non- 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007