The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte VICTOR M. BOLZE, JONATHAN W. BROWN, ANDREW L. KURKJIAN, TIMOTHY L. LONG, ANGUS J. MELBOURNE, LINWARD A. MOORE, and ROBERT P. ZIMMERMAN ____________ Appeal No. 2003-0533 Application No. 09/511,183 ____________ HEARD: JUNE 11, 2003 ____________ Before COHEN, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 8, 10, 11, and 13 through 31. Claim 9 stands objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, while claim 12 has been allowed. These claims constitute all of the claims in the application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007