The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte JOHN P. STREICH, DANIEL G. FINDLE, PATRICK S. KEENAN and DAVID NAMEY JR. _____________ Appeal No. 2003-0187 Application No. 09/134,109 ______________ HEARD: November 5, 2003 _______________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3, 4, 7 through 12, 14, 15, 20, 33, 35, 38, 39, 41, 44 through 61, 64 and 65. Claims 5, 62, 63 and 68 stand allowed. Claims 21 through 32, 34, 66 and 67, which are the only other claims remaining in the application, have been 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007