THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________________ Ex parte THEODORE J. LONG Appeal No. 2003-0992 Application 09/934,0261 ON BRIEF Before SCHAFER, LEE and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of appellants’ claims 2-14. Claim 1 has been cancelled and no claim has been allowed. References relied on by the Examiner Wayne 4,341,412 July 27, 1982 Dresen et al. (“Dresen”) 4,693,507 Sep. 15, 1987 Kuhns 5,365,858 Nov. 22, 1994 1 Application for patent filed August 21, 2001. According to the appellant, it is a continuation of 09/576,565, filed May 22, 2000, which is a continuation of 09/322,616, filed May 28, 1999, which is a continuation of 08/895,915, filed July 17, 1997. The real party in interest is Penda Corporation.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007