The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JEROLD S. HORN and JAMES D. HANSEN __________ Appeal No. 2003-1038 Application No. 09/262,628 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, KRATZ, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2002) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 4, 7, 8, 10, and 12 through 23 (final Office action mailed Oct. 5, 2001, paper 11) in the above-identified application. ClaimsPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007