The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 Claims 26-30 and 33 have been canceled and claims 6-8, 11 and 25 have been withdrawn as being directed to a non-elected invention.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.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007