The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARCO E. DEVECCHIS and DANIEL M. EGGERT ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1035 Application No. 09/333,166 ____________ HEARD: APRIL 16, 2003 ____________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-16. Appellants have withdrawn the appeal of the rejection of claim 15 (brief1, page 1). Accordingly, this appeal involves only claims 1-14 and 16. 1 All references to the brief in this decision are to the supplemental brief filed February 26, 2002 (Paper No. 15).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007