The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROGER D. NEITZELL ____________ Appeal No. 2003-1472 Application No. 09/606,955 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before STAAB, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges. STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 6-11, 16-19, 21-25, 27, 34-36 and 76-97, as amended subsequent to the final rejection in a paper filed June 3, 2002 (Paper No. 13). No other claims are currently pending. By way of background, the appealed subject matter of the instant application is related to appealed subject matter in Appeal No. 2002-1018 taken by appellant in Application No. 09/474,033, nowPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007