The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte STEVEN J. OROSZ, JR. ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1220 Application No. 08/940,601 ____________ 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 and 9 through 14. Claims 6 through 8 stand allowed. These claims constitute all of the claims in the application. Appellant’s invention pertains to a medical needle combined with a syringe for withdrawal of blood from a patient, a medical needle for insertion into a patient, and a process of withdrawing 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007