The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ALES PROKOP ____________ Appeal No. 2003–0681 Application No. 09/169,459 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, TIMM, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. TIMM, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal involves claims 1-3, 6-11, 13, 15, and 30 which are all the claims pending in the application.1 We have jurisdiction over the appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134. 1Claims 12, 14, 16-25, and 27-29 were cancelled after the Final Rejection (After-Final Amendment filed December 19, 2001, Paper No. 17 was entered as per Advisory Action mailed January 18, 2002, Paper No. 18; see also Answer, p. 2).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007