The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte D. WYNNE SMITH and ALLEN F. BOYER ____________ Appeal No. 2002-2084 Application No. 09/016,740 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 6, 8 to 13 and 15 to 17. Claims 7, 14 and 18, which are the only other claims pending in this application, have been objected to as depending from a non-allowed claim. We REVERSE.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007