The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DALE SCOTT CROMBEZ and STEVEN OTIS PATE ____________ Appeal No. 2003-0405 Application No. 09/635,183 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. NASE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection (Paper No. 6, mailed October 23, 2001) of claims 2, 3 and 16, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We AFFIRM-IN-PART.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007