The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 VICTOR ROBERTS AUGSBURG, JEFFREY TODD BRIDGES, THOMAS K. COLLOPY, JAMES N. DIEFFENDERFER, and THOMAS ANDREW SARTORIUS ____________ Appeal No. 2002-1672 Application No. 09/412,124 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before RUGGIERO, BARRY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-8 and 12-22, which are all of the claims pending in the present application. Claims 9-11 have been canceled. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007