The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte SCOTT ROBERT WARMKA and DAVID DANIEL BACKLUND ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1471 Application No. 09/141,183 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before BARRETT, LEVY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 2, 8, 9, 12-19. Claims 3-7, 10 and 11 have been indicated as allowable if rewritten in independent form (answer, page 2).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007