The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ANDREW P. GODBEHERE, STEPHEN WILLIAMS and ROBERT D. SPEAR __________ Appeal No. 2003-0401 Application 09/490,954 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before ABRAMS, OWENS and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 15, 16, 27 and 33. Claims 17-26 and 34-36 have been allowed. Claims 28, 29, 31, 32, 37 and 38 stand withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being directed toward a nonelected invention. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007