The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte THOMAS R. MORELAND and KURT M. TAUSCHER __________ Appeal No. 2003-0229 Application No. 09/768,885 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before HAIRSTON, DELMENDO, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2003) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 13 through 23 and 29-32 in the above-identified application (final Office action mailed Sep. 7, 2001, paper 6). Claims 1 through 12 and 24 through 28, which are the only other pending claims, havePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007