The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ANTHONY ITALO PROVITOLA __________ Appeal No. 2003-0304 Application 09/703,302 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and BAHR, 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 through 19. Claim 20, the only other claim remaining in the application, has been withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed to a non-elected species. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007