The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BRUCE P. CLEMENS __________ Appeal No. 2003-0408 Application 09/019,965 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-27 and 29, which constituted all the claims in the application. An amendment after final rejection was filed on May 19, 2000 and was entered 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007