The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte ROBERT W. ALLPORT, STEPHEN KELLY, TIMOTHY J. NICHOLLS, CHRISTOPHER J. CAPELLI and DOUGLAS QUINE ______________ Appeal No. 2003-1052 Application 09/222,644 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before THOMAS, BARRETT, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-3. Representative claim 1 is reproduced below: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007