The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte GEORGE P. COPELAND, GEOFFREY M. HAMBRICK and ROBERT H. HIGH, JR. __________ Appeal No. 2002-1398 Application 08/572,474 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before THOMAS, KRASS, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 4-6, 8, 9, 11, 13-18, 20-25 and 27-30. The examiner has indicated that claim 26 is directed to allowable subject matter and is no longer on appeal before us. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007