The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte JOHN C. MORRIS and RANDALL D. HAMPSHIRE Appeal No. 2002-1180 Application No. 08/924,552 ON BRIEF Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 4-7, 10, 11 and 19-26. Claims 2 and 8 have been cancelled and the examiner has indicated, at page 4 of the answer, that claims 3, 9 and 12-18 are now considered to be directed to allowable subject matter and are no longer before us on appeal. -1–Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007