Ex Parte TOPRAC et al - Page 1




                      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                                           is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30              

                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                          
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                           
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                        Ex parte ANTHONY J. TOPRAC                                            
                                           and MICHAEL L. MILLER                                              
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                             Appeal No. 2003-1323                                             
                                           Application No. 09/421,803                                         
                                                 ____________                                                 
                                                   ON BRIEF                                                   
                                                 ____________                                                 

            Before OWENS, LIEBERMAN, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.                      
            JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                    

                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                   Applicants appeal the decision of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting claims 26         
            to 45, all of the pending claims in the application.1   We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C.      
            § 134.                                                                                            



                   1  In rendering our decision we have considered Appellants’ position present in the Brief, filed
            September 30, 2002 and the Reply Brief, filed February 13, 2003.                                  






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