The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BOBBY W. SANDERS, JOSEPH L. KONCSEK and LINDA S. HEDGES __________ Appeal No. 2003-0239 Application 09/382,437 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and NASE, 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 and 9 through 12. Claims 2 through 8, the only other claims remaining in the application, have been withdrawn from further consideration as being directed to non- elected species. Claims 13 through 19 have been canceled. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007