Ex Parte INSLEY et al - Page 1




                          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                                 for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34            
                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                        
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                           
                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                 
                                                 ____________                                                 
                          Ex parte THOMAS I. INSLEY and RAYMOND P. JOHNSTON                                   
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                             Appeal No. 2003-0671                                             
                                           Application No. 09/099,632                                         
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                                   ON BRIEF                                                   
                                                 ____________                                                 
            Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                 
            ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                              



                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                
                   This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-5, 9,         
            10, 12-24, 31, 32 and 34.  Claims 26-30 and 33 have been canceled and claims 6-8, 11              
            and 25 have been withdrawn as being directed to a non-elected invention.                          


                   We REVERSE.                                                                                











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