The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ANDREW MAX NUXOLL, GORDON SCOTT RULONG, and DOUGLAS ANDREW WOOD ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0275 Application No. 09/215,752 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before GROSS, BLANKENSHIP, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges. BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-7, 10-14, 16, 18-20, 22, and 24-47, which are all the claims remaining in the application. We affirm-in-part.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007