The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ALLEN R. MCNEILL ____________ Appeal No. 2003-0778 Application No. 09/564,131 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before FRANKFORT, NASE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-13 . Claims 14-26 have been indicated to be allowable. No other claims are pending in this application. BACKGROUNDPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007