The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte VINC L. AULICK ____________ Appeal No. 2003-1554 Application No. 09/552,063 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT 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 1-19, which are all of the claims pending in this application. We AFFIRM-IN-PART and denominate this affirmance as a new ground of rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b).Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007