The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROGER A. FRENCH and EZRA T. PEACHEY ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1316 Application No. 09/049,036 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, ABRAMS and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Roger A. French et al. originally took this appeal from the final rejection (Paper No. 10) of claims 1 through 4, 6 and 8 through 18. As the appellants have since canceled claim 18, the appeal now involves claims 1 through 4, 6 and 8 through 17, all of the claims currently pending in the application. THE INVENTION The invention relates to “a magnetic gasket that can be used to fasten together components in an electronic device”Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007