The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte DAVID EDWARD KOTECKI and KATHERINE LYNN SAENGER __________ Appeal No. 2003-1300 Application No. 09/643,3721 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before KIMLIN, DELMENDO, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 37 and 39 through 49, which are all the claims pending in the above-identified 1 Contrary to the appellants’ statement under the heading “RELATED APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES” (appeal brief filed Sep. 21, 2002, paper 12, p. 2), an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2002) was filed in the parent application, namely application 09/037,849 filed Mar. 10, 1998. For completeness, we attach hereto a copy of the decision rendered in the parent application.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007