THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________________ Ex parte MATTHEW N. PAPAKIPOS, CARROLL PHILIP GOSSETT, CHRISTIAN PAPPAS, HENRY P. MORETON, and ROBERT J. WILLIAMSON Appeal No. 2002-1491 Application 08/845,5261 ON BRIEF Before LEE, LANE and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection of appellant’s claims 1, 2, 6-9, 12-16 and 18-25. No claim has been allowed. Claims 3-5, 10, 11 and 17 have been cancelled. References relied on by the Examiner Oha 5,202,670 April 13, 1993 Luken, Jr. (“Luken”) 5,278,948 January 11, 1994 1 Application for patent filed April 25, 1997.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007