The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JACK G. SCARPA, JOHN D. MARLIN, TERRY HALL and STEVEN A. COSBY __________ Appeal No. 2002-1666 Application 09/394,289 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges. MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Jack G. Scarpa et al. appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 7. Claims 8 through 10, the only other claims pending in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration as being drawn to a non-elected species of the invention. THE INVENTION The invention relates to “portable convergent spray guns for applying coatings to a surface and particularly to a portable spray gun that is miniaturized so as to be capable of being hand- 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007